Chicago Institutes New "Amusement Tax" On Netflix, Streaming ServicesChris | InformationLiberationJul. 02, 2015 |
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Chicago has just expanded their 20-year-old "amusement tax" law -- yes they have a tax on amusement -- to apply to streaming services like Netflix and Spotify, but according to the mayor's spokeswoman, this expansion of the law is not an expansion of the law, it's just a clarification of the law in the name of "fairness." From the Chicago Tribune: Chicagoans who pay to stream movies and music from services like Netflix and Spotify will now need to fork over an additional 9 percent for the privilege, as will Chicago businesses that pay to use everything from real estate to court databases online, under a decision the city quietly made recently to expand its taxing power.In Chicagoland, new taxes are not new taxes, they're "fairness expansions" and amusing yourself is a government granted "privilege." |