Australia now officially has 'Google tax', aims to collect $2b

By Nassim Khadem
Updated March 29 2017 - 6:03pm, first published 11:06am
Treasurer Scott Morrison arrives in the press gallery for an interview, at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 27 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Treasurer Scott Morrison arrives in the press gallery for an interview, at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 27 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The Turnbull government's "Google tax" has been passed into law, arming the Australian Taxation Office with some of the world's strongest powers to fight multinationals as it moves to recoup $2 billion in revenue from some of the nation's biggest companies including Apple, BHP Billiton, Chevron and Crown.

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