Copyright digital levies in Italy
Apple has announced an increase of EUR 4.76 on the RRP of a 32GB iPhone 5s and EUR 3.54 on the price of an iPad with the same storage to counteract the Italian government’s recently-announced introduction of a so-called ‘smartphone tax’. The tax is in fact a triennial update of the “equo compenso” (fair compensation) decree, increasing the amounts levied on smartphones, tablets and other hi-tech consumer devices in Italy
