European Union VAT and my bookstore

For the last couple years I’ve been fairly successful selling my self-published books from my own store at tiltedwindmillpress.com. Recent legislation in the European Union changes this.

The EU has this thing called VAT, or “value-added tax.” It’s a tax that requires all sorts of paperwork. It requires charging tax based on the buyer’s location. And it applies to ebooks as of 2015.

Legally, if I’m doing business in the EU, I’ll need to collect VAT and remit it to each country in the European...