People and events

Abstract

STRAWS IN THE WIND seem to be moving shakily towards the prospect of a tax on books. Official noises are being made about ‘bringing the UK into line’ with EEC countries by VAT‐ing books—taxes range from 5% in France to 15% in Denmark. There was also a veiled hint in Mr Denis ‘Soak‐em’ Healey's speech to the Labour Party's Blackpool conference about extending VAT to a number of zero‐rated commodities.

Citation

(1973), "People and events", New Library World, Vol. 74 No. 11, pp. 257-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038168