EU tax harmonisation

Sending data by email is taxed because of the EU. When VAT was harmonised back in 1977 there where exceptions made for the data contained in books and letters. However Email hadn't been invented then, so there was no exception made. Since there can be no new exceptions (kind of like Aquis Communitaire but instead of racketting poer away from member states it rachets VAT towards harmonisation) when email was invented it ment that it was the data that you had to pay VAT on rather than just the transport mechanism.

"EEC Directive of 1977, subsequently amended (many times), which aims to harmonise VAT on communications, including electronic communications"

nice to see the Tyrant Blair has red line so there will be no tax harmonisation. Oh there already is, silly me.