The Revenue Minister says talk of taxing internet companies, isn't an attempt to soften the blow of potential tax reform

The Government's announced it's going to look into a digital services tax, to ensure internet giants like Google and Facebook pay their fair share.

It comes a few days ahead of the Tax Working Group publicly releasing its report.

But Stuart Nash says there's a whole lot of work being done on this anyway, and it was time to signal their intentions to the market.