Apple app developers to bear cost of UK tech tax

Apple has said app developers will shoulder most of the cost of the UK’s new “tech tax”, following Google’s advertising and Amazon’s online marketplaces in passing on the levy. An update sent to developers by the iPhone maker this week said that the 2pc digital services tax (DST) will start to be charged on apps in the coming days. The DST, formulated under former chancellor Phillip Hammond, is designed to raise £500m a year for the Treasury through a levy on