[HIGHLIGHTS] Publishers are on the fence: media association calls for lower VAT on newspapers

Publishers are on the fence: media association calls for lower VAT on newspapers. Many well-known newspaper publishers have just reduced or capped their travel budgets, according to industry circles.

Job cuts are also conceivable. Media manager Philipp Welte has a suggested solution. The reduced rate of seven percent is charged for printed copies and, for several years now, also for digital editions. The Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers (BDZV) demanded that Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) “keep his word,” board member Matthias Ditzen-Blanke said.