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Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program

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830 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 18 Nov 20 11:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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supermatt ◴[18 Nov 20 11:24 UTC] No.25135564[source]▶
The way this is worded makes no sense - surely it should be for the first $1,000,000?

$1,000,000 = $150,000

$1,000,001 = >$300,000?

It feels like a knee-jerk reaction to the ongoing complaints without much forethought other than an arbitrary change in the percentage below some round number.

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mjs ◴[18 Nov 20 11:39 UTC] No.25135680[source]▶
There's no discontinuity in the first year you exceed $1m: that extra dollar is "taxed" at 30%, but the first $1m is at 15% ("the standard commission rate will apply for the remainder of the year").

Looks like the next year (after exceeding $1m) the first dollar will be taxed at 30%, though.

They should just make this work like income tax: the first $1m is taxed at 15%, and everything above that is at 30%. (Same rules every year, no flip-flop.)

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mpweiher ◴[18 Nov 20 11:45 UTC] No.25135737[source]▶
Maybe that makes it look a bit too much like the tax it is for comfort.
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1. mjs ◴[18 Nov 20 14:03 UTC] No.25136824[source]▶
The way the rules are now seems like there's a very big incentive to avoid earning a little bit more than $1m. This could have … unintended consequences.

(e.g. if it looks like you're going to earn a little bit over $1m, increase prices by a lot (to discourage purchases), but tell people the app will be "cheap" again in January. Or even make the app free for a while.)