SAVE OUR SMALL DIGITAL CRAFTING BUSINESSES!!!
Many small companies don't want to mess with this and I can't say as I blame them. There are no digital stamp companies in France, so I buy mainly from the UK or the US. Tonight I was shopping online with some of my favorite UK sites and this is what I came across, "...we can no longer sell digital downloads via this website to EU countries, other than the UK." I checked an American website I like and it said this, "Due to this new [EU VAT] law, [...] will no longer carry digital products as of January 1st, 2015. Thank you to all those who have purchased digital stamps over the years and supported our artists."
How completely idiotic and incomprehensible is this law?! The overall EU unemployment rate is 10%, but you have countries like Greece at 25.7% and Spain 23.9%. Overall youth unemployment (under 25) is 21.9%. At a time when business growth and entrepreneurship should be encouraged, the EU makes a completely ridiculous business and entrepreneurship killing decision like this.
I urge you to please click over to Change.org and sign the petition to exempt micro businesses and small traders from this ludicrous law. Americans can also sign the petition.
Please share this information on all your social networks and let's get this changed. Save our small independent online digital crafting businesses!
2 comments:
I went and signed this. I had read a bit about it before but had no idea that it was actually stopping companies and artists from selling their products overseas. I'm thinking that probably I need to look into it as I sell from Etsy.
Countries sure do want their tax money.
bisous
Suzanne
Thanks, Suzanne!
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