Kwiveki ephelileyo, uApple waqala ukuthumela abaphuhlisi i-imeyile ebazisa malunga nokunyuka kwamaxabiso ukuba ezinye izicelo ziya kusokola kumazwe athile. Abafana abavela eCupertino, baqinisekisa ukuba ngenxa yotshintsho kwi-VAT athe amanye amazwe ahlupheka, baya kwenza uhlengahlengiso olufanelekileyo kwixabiso lezicelo, ngaphandle kokuba abaphuhlisi kufuneka bangenelele nangaliphi na ixesha.
Oku kwahluka kwamaxabiso kuya kwenziwa kuphela kumazwe apho iVAT iguqulwe kancinane, nokuba kungokukonyusa amaxabiso ezicelo, okanye ngokunciphisa. Ngesi sihlandlo, iApple ayitshintshanga amaxabiso amanye amazwe Ibanga utshintsho kwixabiso ledola, njengoko esenza qho emva kweminyaka emibini okanye njalo.
Njengesiqhelo, kolu hlobo lotshintsho lwe-VAT, I-Apple iya kubaqokelela kwaye ibathumele kumagunya afanelekileyo. eBelarus, Armenia, Turkey, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia nase United Arab Emirates kwipesenti eziboniswe ngezantsi:
- IArmenia 20%
- I-Belarus ngama-20%
- I-Saudi Arabia: 5%
- ISwitzerland: utshintsho ukusuka kwi-8 ukuya kwi-7,7%
- Turkey: 18%
- I-United Arab Emirates: 5%
Kodwa ixabiso leapps ayizukunyuka kuphela kwiqela elilinganiselweyo lamazwe, Kodwa kukwakho neqela lamazwe eliza kubona ukuba ixabiso lalo lihluka njani, njengokuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo okanye imirhumo.
- Umphakathi waseCzech. Ixabiso lokuthenga kwangaphakathi nohlelo liya kuncitshiswa kunye nolo lokusetyenziswa, ngaphandle kwemirhumo.
- Indiya. Amaxabiso okuthenga ngaphakathi nohlelo kunye nemirhumo iya kuncitshiswa, kubandakanya nemirhumo.
- ETurkey, eNigeria, eBelarus naseArmenia. Ixabiso lezicelo kunye nokuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo kuyonyuswa, ngaphandle kwemirhumo.
Lonke utshintsho lwamaxabiso kusetyenziso, ukuthengwa ngaphakathi nohlelo, okanye imirhumo izakubanjwa phambi kokuphela kukaJanuwari, ukuqala ukusebenza ngoFebruwari 1.