{"id":8910,"date":"2015-01-31T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8910"},"modified":"2015-01-14T18:08:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T23:08:50","slug":"paying-more-for-your-digital-downloads-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8910","title":{"rendered":"Paying more for your digital downloads? Here’s why!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Re-blogged from Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer<\/a><\/strong> (with permission):<\/p>\n

Paying more for your digital downloads? Here’s why!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you live in the UK or any of the EU countries and are in the habit of buying digitally provided services, then this post is for you. It doesn\u2019t matter what you buy, whether it\u2019s music, ebooks, software, apps, films, games, screensavers, even crochet or knitting patterns, I could go on for ever, then you have been paying more for them from the beginning of this year. In fact, anything you download from the internet to your computer, mobile phone, android tablet or iPad etc, is now costing you more!<\/p>\n

The reason for this is quite simple. It\u2019s the new EU VAT rules on the supply of electronic services to the consumer, that\u2019s you.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0You can read the entire post on Chris’s blog:\u00a0 Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Re-blogged from Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer (with permission): Paying more for your digital downloads? Here’s why! If you live in the UK or any of the EU countries and are in the habit of buying digitally provided services, then this post is for you. It doesn\u2019t matter what you buy, whether it\u2019s music, ebooks, software, … Continue reading Paying more for your digital downloads? 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