Sales Tax in the US is added on post sale (and Susan is correct in the variation from state to state), whereas I think it is law in Australia that retail prices must include the GST component.
Seeya Rod On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Susan Hastings <susanhasti...@me.com>wrote: > > I think the US prices are ex tax because they vary from state to state. > Ours, of course, is the same wherever we live, so prices quoted by Apple > do include the 10% GST. > > > > On 23/03/11 6:00 PM, "Daniel Kerr" <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > > > >Hi Reg > >No US pricing is always ex tax. > >Kind regards > >Daniel > > > >Sent from my iPhone > > > >--- > >Daniel Kerr > >MacWizardry > > > >Phone: 0414 795 960 > >Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au > >Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > > > >**For Everything Macintosh** > > > >On 23/03/2011, at 5:54 PM, Reg Whitely <rwhit...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > > >> > >> Do the US prices include their taxes - up to ~18% > >> > >> Reg > >> > >> On 23/03/2011, at 9:23 am, Matthew Healey wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On 22/03/2011, at 9:38 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >>> > >>>> And according to a post on Whirlpool, these are meant to be the > >>>>prices:- > >>>> > >>>> Pricing > >>>> MC769X/A iPad 2 Black 16GB Wi-Fi $579.00 > >>>> MC773X/A iPad 2 Black 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G $729.00 > >>>> MC770X/A iPad 2 Black 32GB Wi-Fi $689.00 > >>>> MC774X/A iPad 2 Black 32GB Wi-Fi + 3G $839.00 > >>>> MC916X/A iPad 2 Black 64GB Wi-Fi $799.00 > >>>> MC775X/A iPad 2 Black 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G $949.00 > >>> > >>> Fantastic... our currency is dollar for dollar with the US, and we > >>>still pay a $120 premium for the top end model. > >>> > >>> No doubt Apple expects us to be grateful that we are now included as a > >>>high value country along with the UK and Canada. > >>> > >>> - Matt > >>> > >>> > >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > >> > > > > > > > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > >Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > >Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > >Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
