Well, and eloquently said. Thanks S
On 20 Feb 2009, at 11:14, Al Sutton wrote: > > The problem is the last time I heard UK developers can't actually list > apps with prices US Dollars, and because you can only set one price > you'll have to explain to the tax man why your inclusive of VAT prices > and exclusive of VAT prices are the same. There is also the issue that > you have to show that which region the end customer is resident in, so > if a UK resident buys an app via Market whilst they are temporarily in > the US you should still be charging VAT. > > I have a couple of companies and one of them deals with US sales via > PayPal, we list the product in several currencies (USD, EUR, and GBP > included), we get to keep the balance in the payment currency until > and > when we need to convert it to GBP to put into the UK account we > convert > however much we need into GBP and send it to the account. This allows > us to show customers prices in currencies they're familiar with > (because > given the choice they will deal in their native currency), lets us > ensure that what one customer pays in USD on one day is the same as > what > another customer pays in USD a week later (thus avoiding problems like > "hey, my mate only paid 79 cents, I paid 82 cents, that's a con!!!"), > and lets us show differing prices which can include any appropriate > taxes for that region. > > As the moment Checkout and therefore Market are very much US centric > and > so cause a number of headaches for non-US developers even if you can > get > past the pricing and listing restrictions. > > Al. > > bouvetloz...@gmail.com wrote: >> Thanks, I'm from EU but not UK. It seems to be totally complex. Maybe >> for an app sold for $1 you have to detail as follows: $1 + $1 * 70% * >> 17.5% for EU countries (except outside UK with VAT-ID), $1 for others >> (Google is responsible for taxing the remaining 30%). Probably it's >> not possible to set these using Android Market's website. >>> >> > > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
