Apple to raise App Store prices in Barbados, Moldova and Uzbekistan due to tax changes
Apple on Tuesday informed developers that App Store pricing will change in relatively far-flung regions of the world, saying a slight increase in app prices should be expected to account for new value-added tax laws.
Announced in a post to Apple's Developer webpage, updated App Store pricing will roll out in Barbados, Moldova and Uzbekistan.
Set to go into effect over the next few days, the changes impact both one-time app store purchases and in-app subscriptions, though auto-renewable subscriptions remain unscathed. Developer proceeds, which are calculated based on an app's tax-exclusive price, will be adjusted accordingly, Apple says.
An updated list of price tiers shows "tier 1" apps selling for $1.19 in all three regions, while "tier 2" apps are set at $2.49. Developer proceeds on all tiers vary slightly for each App Store.
In addition to consumer-facing price changes, a "low" value-added tax in Malaysia will eat into developers' net proceeds in that region. App buyers in the country, however, will not see a change in App Store pricing.
According to Apple, the Pricing and Availability section of My Apps in App Store Connect will automatically update with new pricing information once the changes goes into effect. The company reminds developers that they can elect to change the price of apps and in-app purchases in App Store Connect. Developers who market apps with subscriptions can also choose to preserve current prices for existing customers.
Announced in a post to Apple's Developer webpage, updated App Store pricing will roll out in Barbados, Moldova and Uzbekistan.
Set to go into effect over the next few days, the changes impact both one-time app store purchases and in-app subscriptions, though auto-renewable subscriptions remain unscathed. Developer proceeds, which are calculated based on an app's tax-exclusive price, will be adjusted accordingly, Apple says.
An updated list of price tiers shows "tier 1" apps selling for $1.19 in all three regions, while "tier 2" apps are set at $2.49. Developer proceeds on all tiers vary slightly for each App Store.
In addition to consumer-facing price changes, a "low" value-added tax in Malaysia will eat into developers' net proceeds in that region. App buyers in the country, however, will not see a change in App Store pricing.
According to Apple, the Pricing and Availability section of My Apps in App Store Connect will automatically update with new pricing information once the changes goes into effect. The company reminds developers that they can elect to change the price of apps and in-app purchases in App Store Connect. Developers who market apps with subscriptions can also choose to preserve current prices for existing customers.
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I'm sure this is not good news for the people there since the average income is extremely low.
What should interest "the rest of us" is the fact that this means that it could happen where we shop too.
Let's say that country A has a 30% VAT and a 10% import duty fee on iPhones and country B has a 5% tax only, then the price of an iPhone should be at least 35% higher in country A.
Mildly surprised that Apple isn't giving developers in the Malaysian store that option, it's going to be mandatory instead. Developers there will have to at least minimally raise their prices to make the same amount of profit. Apple won't be doing so storewide.
It basically does?
VAT goes UP, Apple is not going to pay more, YOU the people will in the form of higher prices. Doesn't matter if it's hardware or software. I always just find this funny. Ya, go get them EVIL Oil company's or that EVIL Apple, and you know who what, fine, Now you GAS is more expensive. YOU are the one paying those extra costs, not them. All you did was make things more expensive for yourself and grow government.
The corrupt politician stays in power for a lifetime.
Passing control over to Cook was the second biggest mistake in Steve Jobs' life. Post mortem, Apple transformed from an imaginative and somewhat innovational company to a hovel from which all the talent fled with obscene severance packages. (Jobs' first big mistake was thinking that gargantuan yacht he had built for his monocratic alter-ego would float.)
Apple Support staff are in need of support themselves...
and as for Apple Genius' store techs, they make PCWorld and BestBuy customer service staff look like the real genius' of the retail tech world.