{"id":41546,"date":"2019-12-03T15:37:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=41546"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:31:57","slug":"digital-tax-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/digital-tax-2020","title":{"rendered":"Google Gearing Up To Charge 6% Digital Tax In Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting 1 January 2020, Google Malaysia G Suite services will include a 6% digital tax.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company spokesperson issued a public statement confirming the tax to be imposed on user purchases next year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Service Tax (Amendment) 2019 Bill was approved by Dewan Rakyat on April 8 this year to introduce tax on foreign-registered persons providing digital services to consumers in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, the implementation of the service tax had also been highlighted during the tabling of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/budget-2020-winners-losers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Budget 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, earlier this October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For now, Google will be charging the tax on G Suite services where the tax will be listed under Billing &amp; Payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users can expect an email announcing the pricing changes, should there be an increase in pricing for other services such as YouTube Premium, YouTube Music, and Google Play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The digital tax also covers streaming services like Netflix and Spotify, digital advertising such as Facebook, as well as digital software and games distribution companies such as Steam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital services that will be impacted by the 6% digital tax are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Application<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videogames<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music and film streaming services<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscription-based media<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Database and cloud storage services<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advertising and online platform<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search engines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social networks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much do you know about the Digital Tax coming in 2020? 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