LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Britain will stop charging
value-added tax on digital publishing from Friday, seven months
ahead of schedule, in order to boost online readership of
newspapers and e-books during the coronavirus shutdown, the
finance ministry said.
Printed books and newspapers have long been exempt from the
sales tax.
It also said newspapers would receive up to 35 million
pounds ($44 million)in additional government advertising revenue
over the next three months as part of its coronavirus
communications campaign.
($1 = 0.7999 pounds)
(Reporting by William Schomberg, editing by David Milliken)