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Growing 'reading crisis'/ Denmark to abolish VAT on books

2025-08-20 22:39:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Growing 'reading crisis'/ Denmark to abolish VAT on books

Denmark will abolish VAT on books, as part of an effort to restore interest in books.

The Danish Minister of Culture says the government will propose scrapping the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill.

"This is something that I, as culture minister, have been working on, because I believe that we have to put everything at risk if we want to end the reading crisis that has unfortunately spread in recent years," Engel-Schmidt told the Ritzau news agency.

At 25%, the country's tax rate on books is the highest in the world, a policy the government believes is contributing to a growing "reading crisis."

Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt announced on Wednesday that the government will propose in its budget bill that the book tax be abolished.

This move is expected to cost 330 million kronor or £38 million per year.

Other Nordic countries also apply a standard VAT rate of 25%, but this does not apply to books. VAT on books in Finland is 14%, in Sweden 6% and in Norway zero. /CNA





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