article_snippet.sent: Consumers could soon have to pay goods and services tax (GST) on Consumers movie and music downloads in a government moves to reel in extra billions of dollars in revenue.
article_snippet.sent: Treasurer Joe Hockey said the states had agreed to work toward applying the 10 per cent GST to movies and music downloaded from streaming services such as Netflix and Apple.
article_snippet.sent: Australian movie and music downloaders could soon be slapped with a 10 per cent tax in a move that could reel in billions of additional GST revenue for the federal government .
article_snippet.sent: Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey announced that each states and territories' treasurer had agreed to the tax, which Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey declared was an 'integrity measures for the tax base, not the broadening of the GST or an increase of the GST' With an $8.99 per month fee for Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey service, Netflix customers would only have to pay an extra approximate 90c while song downloaders would pay an additional 22c for $2.19 track on iTunes .
article_snippet.sent: Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey Treasurer Joe Hockey announced that each states and territories' treasurer had agreed to the tax, which Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey declared was an 'integrity measures for the tax base, not the broadening of the GST or an increase of the GST'. '
article_snippet.sent: each states and territories' treasurer agreed in principle that we should move in that regard.
article_snippet.sent: I have offered to work as quickly as possible with each states and territories' treasurer had agreed to the tax, which he declared was an 'integrity measures for the tax base, not the broadening of the GST or an increase of the GST' to introduce legislation to address that in relation to intangibles,' Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey said, according to the Financial Review.
highlights_snippet.sent: Treasurer Joe Hockey wants the 10% GST to apply to streaming services .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Treasurer Joe Hockey said the tax measure would raise billions in extra revenue .
  