Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 12-May-15

The Australian Government’s May 2015 Budget will feature spending initiatives that will cost up to $A10bn. It includes $A3.5bn for childcare and an additional $A450m for national security. Meanwhile, the Government has announced that downloading digital content from offshore providers will attract the GST, while it will crack down on international corporations that avoid their tax liabilities by shifting profits overseas. However, it has ruled out a so-called "Google Tax".

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, THE TAX INSTITUTE, ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET