GST on digital goods and services
14 June 2017
This GST change will also take effect on July 1, 2017. Simply put, it applies the 10% GST tax to all digital goods and services distributed to Australian consumers.
Digital goods refer to products without a physical component such as music, movies, games and ebooks.
Digital services refer to professional services provided in an electronic capacity, such as those of architects, artists, designers and more.
Streaming services like Netflix, paid content subscriptions, printable electronic tickets and many more all count as digital goods and services.