{"id":135835,"date":"2024-11-14T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=onjo01rj"},"modified":"2024-11-14T22:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:00:47","slug":"price-and-tax-updates-for-apps-in-app-purchases-and-subscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2024\/11\/14\/price-and-tax-updates-for-apps-in-app-purchases-and-subscriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Price and tax updates for apps, In-App Purchases, and subscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/price-and-tax-updates-for-apps-in-app-purchases-and-subscriptions.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The App&nbsp;Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts.<\/p>\n<p>From time to time, we may need to adjust prices or your proceeds due to changes in tax regulations or foreign exchange rates. These adjustments are made using publicly available exchange rate information from financial data providers to help make sure prices for apps and In-App&nbsp;Purchases stay consistent across all storefronts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tax updates as of October:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your proceeds from the sale of eligible apps and In\u2011App Purchases have been increased in: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nepal:<\/strong> Apple no longer remits Nepal value-added tax (VAT) for local developers and proceeds were increased accordingly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kazakhstan:<\/strong> Apple no longer remits Kazakstan VAT for local developers and proceeds were increased accordingly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Madeira:<\/strong> Decrease of the Madeira VAT rate from 5% to 4% for news publications, magazines and other periodicals, books, and audiobooks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exhibit B of the Paid Applications Agreement has been updated to indicate that Apple will not remit VAT in Nepal and Kazakhstan for local developers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about your proceeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/getting-paid\/view-payments-and-proceeds\/\">View payments <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">and proceeds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/getting-paid\/download-financial-reports\">Download <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">financial reports<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price updates as of December 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pricing for apps and In-App&nbsp;Purchases will be updated for the Japan and T\u00fcrkiye storefronts if you haven\u2019t selected one of these as the base for your app or In\u2011App&nbsp;Purchases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019ve selected the Japan or T\u00fcrkiye storefront as the base for your app or In-App Purchase, prices won\u2019t change. On other storefronts, prices will be updated to maintain equalization with your chosen base price.<\/p>\n<p>Prices won\u2019t change in any region if your In\u2011App&nbsp;Purchase is an auto\u2011renewable subscription and won\u2019t change on the storefronts where you manually manage prices instead of using the automated equalized prices.<\/p>\n<p>The Pricing and Availability section of Apps has been updated in <a href=\"https:\/\/appstoreconnect.apple.com\/login\">App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect<\/a> to display these upcoming price changes. As always, you can change the prices of your apps, In\u2011App&nbsp;Purchases, and auto\u2011renewable subscriptions at any time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about managing your prices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/manage-app-pricing\/schedule-price-changes#view-or-edit-upcoming-price-changes\">View or edit upcoming <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">price changes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/manage-app-pricing\/set-a-price#edit-your-apps-base-country-or-region\">Edit your app\u2019s base country <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">or region<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/reference\/app-store-pricing-and-availability-start-times-by-country-or-region\/\">Pricing and availability start times by country <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">or region<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/manage-in-app-purchases\/set-a-price-for-an-in-app-purchase\">Set a price for an <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">In-App Purchase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The App&nbsp;Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. 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