# Taxpayer Watchdog Slams Australian Digital Tax Proposal

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- Published: 2026-04-29T08:04:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

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WASHINGTON, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Taxpayers Protection Alliance is condemning
draft legislation, released in Australia, that would impose a digital tax on large
platforms. The law would impose a charge of 2.25 percent of Australian revenues 
on covered platforms that fail to strike compensation deals with local news outlets.

In response to the draft legislation, **David B. McGarry, Research Director of the
Taxpayers Protection Alliance,** offered the following comment:

"The politics of the digital age are the politics of blaming the biggest, the most
visible, but not the most culpable. The decline of local news cannot be attributed
to the targeted tech companies, which, conversely, provide a platform for outlets
of all sizes. Australian lawmakers propose to upend digital markets in an effort
to find a simple—and futile—solution to a changing news environment.

"This is more than just a ‘tax’—the proposal is a punishment designed to force platforms
to strike agreements with local news outlets. Retributionist policies of this kind
will not promote innovation, benefit consumers, or save local news.

"Two of the three platforms designated for regulation under the proposal are American
companies. America’s light-touch approach to digital regulation has helped to foster
the world’s leading tech sector—an outcome that is no coincidence. TPA urges President
Trump to make clear to the Australian government that the United States will not
tolerate its most productive tech giants being subjected to ill-conceived digital
taxation."

_The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization
dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis, and dissemination
of information on the government’s impact on the economy._

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