Apple Fails to Eliminate UK Import Tax on Apple Watch Straps

Technology companies dedicate their work to developing new products, all to try to seduce their end users and sell more and more devices. But you are also companies have to deal with the regulations of each country, and it is that when the ambition is to obtain benefits at all costs, the different states also want to make money with these businesses through the different taxes of each regulatory body. And the latest Apple controversy comes from the United Kingdom, a country where they have tried to evade the imposition of paying import taxes with the silicone straps of the Apple Watch ...

But it seems that Apple's attempts have been thwarted, and that is, silicone sports bands for the Apple Watch remain a taxable accessory in the United Kingdom, after a tax court ruled that the strap must not be exempt from import duties, despite Apple's insistence that they alleged, not an essential part of the Apple Watch ...

The controversy comes because Apple has actively and passively tried to get UK regulators to classify Apple Watch straps as "tax-free.", because the Apple Watch does not need a strap for its operation, and therefore should not be considered an indispensable part of the Apple Watch, and therefore should be exempt from import taxes that apply to technological devices.

But of course, we all know that this is not true, the judge who has rejected Apple's claim has declared that the Apple Watch does not function correctly without that strap: the sensors of movement, the sensor heart rate, and even the method of fullfilment of security requirements which locks the Apple Watch when we remove it from the wrist, it would stop working without a strap. For all this, Apple will continue to pay its corresponding import taxes ...


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