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Australia's Google Tax may be the second in the world but it's too early to tell if it's the 'toughest'

  • Written by Antony Ting, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
imageIt may be a little too early to tell if certain aspects of the so-called Google Tax will be tough in practise.www.shutterstock.com

When introducing the draft legislation for the Diverted Profits or so-called “Google Tax”, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison claimed it would:

…reinforce Australia’s position as having amongst the...

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