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Apple Japan hit with $105 million tax bill for selling iPhones to tourists

Japan's taxation bureau found unusual transactions including a tourist purchasing several hundred iPhones at the Apple Store

Apple Japan hit with $98 million in back taxes

According to the newspaper, bulk purchases of iPhones by foreign shoppers were discovered at some Apple stores with at least one transaction involving an individual buying hundreds of handsets at once and the store missed taxing at least one possible reseller.