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Apple Developer News and Updates

10.06.2025

Updated agreements and guidelines now available - Latest News - Apple Developer

The Apple Developer Program License Agreement and App Review Guidelines have been revised to support new features and updated policies, and to provide clarification. Please review the changes below.Apple Developer Program License Agreement Section 3.3.3(D): Updated language on requirements for data and privacy. Section 3.3.3(N): Updated requirements for use of the ID Verifier APIs. Definitions, 3.3.3(P): Specified requirements for use of the Declared Age Range API. Definitions, 3.3.7(G): Specified requirements for use of the Wi-Fi Aware framework. Definitions, 3.3.7(H): Specified requirements for use of the TelephonyMessagingKit APIs. Definitions, 3.3.7(I): Specified requirements for use of the Default Dialer APIs. Definition, Section 3.3.8(H), Attachment 11: Specified requirements for use of EnergyKit. Definitions, 3.3.8(I): Specified requirements for use of the Foundation Models framework. Definitions, Attachment 4: Specified requirements for use of the iCloud Extended Share APIs. Section 6.4: Removed language on Bitcode submissions as it is no longer applicable, and replaced it with terms regarding iOS app widgets on CarPlay. Section 7.4(B): Updated and clarified requirements for TestFlight related to digital purchases and tester invitations. Section 7.7: Updated language on customization of icons and widgets. Section 7.8: Specified terms related to the Apple Games app. Attachment 6: Updated terms regarding the entity that distributes the map in China. App Review Guidelines 3.1.2(a), bullet 2: This language has been deleted (“You may offer a single subscription that is shared across your own apps and services”). 3.1.2(a), bullet 5: This language has been relocated to Guideline 3.2.2(x). 3.2.1(viii): Clarified that financial apps must have necessary licensing and permissions in the locations where developers make them available. 3.2.2(x): This new guideline contains the language relocated from Guideline 3.1.2(a), bullet 5, and permits developers to otherwise incentivize users to take specific actions within app. Please sign in to your account to accept the updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement.Translations of the guidelines will be available on Apple Developer website within one month.

Apple Developer News and Updates

17.05.2025

Tax and Price updates for Apps, In-App Purchases, and Subscriptions - Latest News - Apple Developer

The App Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts.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 Purchases stay consistent across all storefronts.Tax and price updatesAs of May 16:Your proceeds from the sale of eligible apps and In‑App Purchases have been modified in Brazil to account for the Contribuições de Intervenção no Domínio Econômico (CIDE) tax introduction of 10% for developers based outside of Brazil.Beginning June 2:Pricing for apps and In-App Purchases will be updated for Brazil and Kazakhstan if you haven’t selected one of these storefronts as the base storefront for your app or In‑App Purchase.¹ The updates in Brazil also consider the 10% CIDE tax introduction. If you’ve selected Brazil or Kazakhstan as the base storefront for your app or In-App Purchase, prices won’t change. On other storefronts, prices will be updated to maintain equalization with your chosen base price.Prices won’t change in any region if your In‑App Purchase is an auto‑renewable subscription. Prices also won’t change on the storefronts where you manually manage prices instead of using the automated equalized prices.The Pricing and Availability section of Apps has been updated in App Store Connect to display these upcoming price changes. As always, you can change the prices of your apps, In‑App Purchases, and auto‑renewable subscriptions at any time.Additional upcoming changesBeginning August 4:All auto-renewable subscription price increases in Austria, Germany, and Poland will require customers to consent to the new price for their subscription to continue renewing. Price increases scheduled with a start date on or after August 4: All customers must consent to the new price. If a subscriber doesn’t agree to the new price or takes no action, Apple will continue to request consent approximately weekly through email, push notifications, and in-app messaging until their subscription expires at the end of their current billing cycle. Price increases scheduled with a start date before August 4: Current notice criteria will remain in effect, even if the renewal occurs after August 4 (for annual subscriptions, renewal could be as late as August 2026). See criteria, noting that consent may apply to customers depending on the size or velocity of your price increases. To help ensure a smooth transition, we recommend avoiding scheduling price increases with a start date between August 2 and August 4.Learn more about managing your pricesView or edit upcoming price changesEdit your app’s base country or regionPricing and availability start times by country or regionSet a price for an In-App PurchaseLearn more about your proceedsView payments and proceedsDownload financial reports¹ Excludes auto-renewable subscriptions.

Apple Developer News and Updates

18.02.2025

Tax and price updates for apps, In-App Purchases, and subscriptions - Latest News - Apple Developer

The App Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts.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 Purchases stay consistent across all storefronts.Tax and pricing updates for FebruaryAs of February 6:Your proceeds from the sale of eligible apps and In‑App Purchases have been modified in: Azerbaijan: value-added tax (VAT) introduction of 18% Peru: VAT introduction of 18% Slovakia: Standard VAT rate increase from 20% to 23% Slovakia: Reduced VAT rate introduction of 5% for ebooks Estonia: Reduced VAT rate increase from 5% to 9% for news publications, magazines, and other periodicals Finland: Reduced VAT rate increase from 10% to 14% for ebooks Exhibit B of the Paid Applications Agreement has been updated to indicate that Apple collects and remits applicable taxes in Azerbaijan and Peru.¹As of February 24:Pricing for apps and In-App Purchases will be updated for the Azerbaijan and Peru storefronts if you haven’t selected one of these as the base for your app or In‑App Purchase.² These updates also consider VAT introductions listed in the tax updates section above.If you’ve selected the Azerbaijan or Peru storefront as the base for your app or In-App Purchase, prices won’t change. On other storefronts, prices will be updated to maintain equalization with your chosen base price.Prices won’t change in any region if your In‑App Purchase is an auto‑renewable subscription. Prices also won’t change on the storefronts where you manually manage prices instead of using the automated equalized prices.The Pricing and Availability section of Apps has been updated in App Store Connect to display these upcoming price changes. As always, you can change the prices of your apps, In‑App Purchases, and auto‑renewable subscriptions at any time.Learn more about managing your pricesView or edit upcoming price changesEdit your app’s base country or regionPricing and availability start times by country or regionSet a price for an In-App PurchaseBeginning April 1:As a result of last year’s change in Japan’s tax regulations, Apple (through iTunes K.K. in Japan) is now designated as a Specified Platform Operator by the Japan tax authority. All paid apps and In-App Purchases, (including game items, such as coins) sold by non-Japan-based developers on the App Store in Japan will be subject to the platform tax regime. Apple will collect and remit a 10% Japanese consumption tax (JCT) to the National Tax Agency JAPAN on such transactions at the time of purchase. Your proceeds will be adjusted accordingly.Please note any prepaid payment instruments (such as coins) sold prior to April 1, 2025, will not be subject to platform taxation, and the relevant JCT compliance should continue to be managed by the developer.For specific information on how the JCT affects in-game items, see Question 7 in the Tax Agency of Japan’s Q&A about Platform Taxation of Consumption Tax.Learn more about your proceedsView payments and proceedsDownload financial reports¹ Translations of the updated agreement are available on the Apple Developer website today. ² Excludes auto-renewable subscriptions.

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