Apple Japan fined $98 million in taxation - London

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Once again, a Big Tech firm has clashed with

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local authorities and been slapped with a hefty fine.

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This time, it is the Japan unit of Cupertino-headquartered 

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Apple that is being fined 13 billion yen ($97.82 million).

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The fine is due to Apple Japan's practice of bulk selling iPhones and

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 other Apple devices to foreign tourists,

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which were unfairly exempt from consumption tax.

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 according to which some Apple stores were involved in large quantities of iPhone purchases by

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In fact, hundreds of handsets were sold to one person

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in at least one transaction, the Nikkei report said. 

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It said this showed the store "missed the potential reseller tax",

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which does not fall under Japan's tax-free rules.

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