On 6 November 2018, the Council of the European Union formally adopted a directive guaranteeing equal VAT rules for digital and printed publications. Member states will now have the possibility to apply reduced, super-reduced or zero VAT rates to e-newspapers, which were previously subjected to different VAT conditions. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes this proposal aligning digital newspapers’ tax system to the ones of  physical publications. The adoption of the directive gives the possibility to member states to end tax discrimination against e-publication, implementing reduced VAT rates in their national legal systems. However, this is only a temporary…