Bandcamp Clarify Rules For Artists Around VAT Tax Changes

Bandcamp have spoken out to explain the rules surrounding the upcoming changes to tax for digital music downloads - revealing that artists will not have to register for VAT after all. A large number of independent artists and labels, as well as unsigned bands, had taken online over the last week to protest a ruling that suggested that they would have to register for VAT when new legislation comes in to force on 1 January, 2015. This would apply to bands that had sold only one download. The time ...