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European VAT changes

European VAT changes

Starting July 1, the European Union is imposing new VAT rules for physical goods. Until now, if you lived in a European country where VAT applies, we'd have charged you the French VAT rate, 20% on most items (5.5% on zines/books).

From today on, we'll charge the VAT rate set by your country of residence. It's mandatory and it applies to everyone.
You don't need to do anything. Our webshop is already setup for it and rates will automatically adjust when you log in.
We recommend that you to log in to see the correct prices with VAT included according to your country's rate.

To sum it up as simply as possible : for some of you, prices will slightly decrease (like Germany where VAT is lower than in France), for some of you prices will remain unchanged because your country has the same rate as France (20%), and others will see an increase in prices because your country has higher VAT rates (like in Finland, Hungary or Sweden).

Please let us know if you have any questions at this time.

For your information, here are the current VAT rates :

CountryStandard VAT rateReduced VAT rate (books/zines)
Austria20%10%
Belgium21%6%
Bulgaria20%No reduced VAT
Croatia25%5%
Cyprus19%5%
Czech Republic21%10%
Danemark25%No reduced VAT
Estonia20%9%
Finland24%10%
France20%5,50%
Germany19%7%
Greece24%6%
Hungary27%5%
Ireland23%0%
Italy22%4%
Latvia21%12%
Lituania21%9%
Luxembourg17%3%
Malta18%5%
Poland23%5%
Portugal23%6%
Romania19%5%
Slovakia20%10%
Slovenia22%9,50%
Spain21%4%
Sweden25%6%
The Netherlands21%9%
UK*20%0%

*UK specific : VAT only applies on orders under £135

Posted on 01-07-2021