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'Google Tax' prompts Apple to raise App Store prices

An app costing $0.99 on the App Store in the US will now cost Rs 80 in India against Rs 60 earlier

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Alnoor Peermohamed Bengaluru
Apple will increase prices of applications on its App Store in the country, by up to 33 per cent, with the government introducing a 14.5 per cent service tax and the falling value of the rupee.

An app costing $0.99 (about Rs 68) on the App Store in the US will now cost Rs 80 in India as opposed to Rs 60 earlier. The move is part of a global change in prices of apps, an exercise Apple engages in periodically.

Apple communicated the changes in pricing to developers and was reported by digital media outlet MacRumors.

The government introduced a service tax

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