Apple NZ reports lower FY profit, defers taxes

Apple NZ reports lower FY profit, defers taxes
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard March 1 (BusinessDesk) - Apple Sales New Zealand, the local unit of the iPhone and iPad maker, reported a lower annual profit on a higher cost of sales, despite spending less buying inventory from related companies.  Profit was $6.5 million for the year ended Sept. 24, 2016 versus $17.8 million a year earlier, according to financial statements lodged with the Companies Office. Revenue rose 1.6 percent to $744 million. Of that, sales of goods rose to $732 million from $721 million the prior year while service fee income r...