A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

Chapter 4 - The special rules  

Part 4-2 - Special rules mainly about supplies and acquisitions  

Note:

The special rules in this Part mainly modify the operation of Part 2-2 , but they may affect other Parts of Chapter 2 in minor ways.

Division 84 - Offshore supplies  

Subdivision 84-B - Inbound intangible consumer supplies  

84-70   Meaning of electronic distribution platform  

(1)    
A service (including a website, internet portal, gateway, store or marketplace) is an electronic distribution platform if:

(a) the service allows entities to make supplies available to end-users; and

(b) the service is delivered by means of *electronic communication; and

(c) any of the supplies that are *inbound intangible consumer supplies are to be made by means of electronic communication.

(2)    
However, a service is not an electronic distribution platform solely because it is:

(a) a carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ); or

(b) a service consisting of one or more of the following:

(i) providing access to a payment system;

(ii) processing payments;

(iii) providing *vouchers the supply of which are not *taxable supplies because of section 100-5 .