As promised, Apple today began taking orders for the iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K., with delivery slated for May 28.
Prices vary widely due to taxes that in some countries must be included in advertisements or cost quotes. In Europe, for instance, the VAT (value added tax) consumption tax must be included in the advertised price.
Computerworld analyzed the prices of the six iPad models in the eight countries and found that once included taxes were stripped away, French customers paid the least while Swiss consumers paid the most.
In France, where a 19.6% VAT (dubbed TVA, for taxe sur la valeur ajoutee ) is included in the prices, customers pay from [euro]499 for a 16GB WiFi-only iPad to [euro]799 for a 64GB 3G model. When the TVA is excluded and the current euro-to-dollar exchange rate is calculated, French buyers pay between $12.37 and $17.52 more for the WiFi-only iPad, but actually between $10.20 and $15.15 less in U.S. dollars for the 3G tablet.
Like French, Italian consumers pay less in U.S. dollars for the iPad 3G than do American buyers when taxes are excluded. However, Italians pay between $13.33 and $18.68 more for the WiFi models.
Swiss customers pay the most of any of the eight countries for the right to order an iPad, according to the analysis. After the mountainous country’s 7.6% tax is ignored, Swiss buyers pay as much as $49.65 more for a WiFi-only iPad, and as much as $44.68 more for a 3G tablet.
Canadians pay the second-highest iPad “surcharge” of any of the eight nations’ consumers. With the current exchange rate, Canadian prices for the iPad range from $29.15 to $56.47 more in U.S. dollars than American prices. Canada’s GST (Goods and Services Tax) is typically not included in advertised prices, just as U.S. state and municipality sales taxes are not part of posted prices.
Even in countries where consumers pay more than their U.S. counterparts, some iPad models are better deals than others. In Germany, for example, the 16GB and 32GB iPad 3G tablets cost $10.58 and $7.34 less than in the U.S. once the exchange rate is factored in and the 19% tax is factored out.
In April, Apple announced that it would delay the international introduction of the iPad to the end of May.
Apple has claimed it sold a million iPads in the U.S. in the first four weeks of availability.
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