Culture minister says government will propose ending the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill
Denmark is to stop charging VAT on books in an attempt to get more people reading.
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”.
The culture minister, Jakob Engel-Schmidt, announced on Wednesday that the government would propose in its budget bill that the tax on books be removed.
The move is expected to cost 330m kroner (£38m) a year.
