Hi. Yesterday I went to the Apple store and was looking at the iPad Mini. When I was approached by the salesman! I had a conversation with him about the VAT exemption. He then proceeded to e-mail head office and this went on for at least half an hour because they wanted to be sure of the whole situation. When he finally got back to me ! He told me that their range of Mac computers such as the iMac or laptop were only part of this VAT Exemption and Tablets weren’t. Anyway I purchased the iPad Mini but I wasn’t totally satisfied with their explaination because both range of products had Voiceover built into the OS. Anyway I was happy with the product and the size is much more ideal for me. I like to watch videos on a larger screen even if I can’t describe what’s going on. I just like the form factor and it replaces my netbook.