[kictanet] Australian Treasurer proposes 'Netflix Tax' for digital imports

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

The interesting question for us will be: what is this level playing field
that we will be creating if local businesses are heavily taxed even during
the startup stages?
On 10 Feb 2016 6:05 pm, "Mose Karanja via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> *Australia: Feb 10*
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> Digital products such as books, movies, games, apps and e-books purchased
> by Australians from overseas could soon attract the Goods and Services Tax
> (GST), popularly ‘ Netflix Tax’. The Treasurer (equivalent of Kenyan
> Cabinet Secretary of Finance) argues that this will level the playing field
> between Australian and overseas businesses. Importantly, for the government
> especially, is the possible USD60 Million tax that can be collected
> annually.
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> The EU and Japan are seen as trend setters on this. This is a policy
> issue we may be having in Kenya very soon, if it is hasn’t started as yet.
>
> Link to the story:
> http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/treasurer-introduces-netflix-tax-for-gst-on-digital-products-to-parliament-20160210-gmq88u
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