According to recent reports, Japan is seriously considering moving forward with plans to subject e-services supplied by non-residents to consumption tax. Currently Japan's 8% consumption tax only applies to resident suppliers of e-services, which is seen as unfair by domestic providers. e-services that would be brought under the scope of consumption tax include net apps, e-books, and streaming or downloads of games, music and film sold by platforms outside of Japan.
Currently the plan is to …