Q: how to buy 20GB storage plan for 1 year

There used to be but they're all monthly now.

The 20GB plan has been changed to a 50GB plan. Goes into effect soon at the same cost.

For a small business owner like me the monthly payment scheme is really a pain. Now I have to deal with 12 invoices a year. It means also my accountant has to process them. This all might quite easily cost more extra than the price of iCloud itself.

The payment is an automatic charge against a credit card.

There are no invoices and if you need an accountant to handle $12 a year you need more help than you can find here.

iCloud is free and the only thing that costs more is the extra storage.

As long as the credit card company does not show the VAT portion of the payment separately you have to process also the actual purchase receipt at least in some countries here in Europe. And no transaction is free anyway – for Apple either. So the annual plan would be more efficient for all parties.

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VAT is included in the monthly plan.

VAT is included in the monthly plan.

That is the actual root of the problem. The tax authority is not able to verify the amount of VAT as credit card companies do not break it down.

QuickTimeKirk wrote:

 

The payment is an automatic charge against a credit card.

There are no invoices and if you need an accountant to handle $12 a year you need more help than you can find here.

iCloud is free and the only thing that costs more is the extra storage.

One doesn't need a credit card for payment to be charged.  You can use iTunes store credit as I have been doing.

Thanks zinacef, that was a clever piece of advice!