http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Chicago-to-Apply-9-Netflix-Tax-134367
Netflix service in Chicago is about to get notably more expensive. On the hunt for new revenue, Chicago's Department of Finance is applying two new rules that would impact companies like Netflix and Spotify. One covers "electronically delivered amusements" and another covers "nonpossessory computer leases"; together they form a unique and troubling new attempt by cities to tax any city resident that interacts with "the cloud. According to the Chicago Tribune, streaming service providers need to start collecting the tax starting September 1.
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If I lived in Chicago I would be livid. I like the suggested tactic in the comments: Netflix should go dark in Chicago and explain why to their subscribers. It would only take a few thousand irate phone calls and the city would quickly change their minds.
Netflix service in Chicago is about to get notably more expensive. On the hunt for new revenue, Chicago's Department of Finance is applying two new rules that would impact companies like Netflix and Spotify. One covers "electronically delivered amusements" and another covers "nonpossessory computer leases"; together they form a unique and troubling new attempt by cities to tax any city resident that interacts with "the cloud. According to the Chicago Tribune, streaming service providers need to start collecting the tax starting September 1.
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If I lived in Chicago I would be livid. I like the suggested tactic in the comments: Netflix should go dark in Chicago and explain why to their subscribers. It would only take a few thousand irate phone calls and the city would quickly change their minds.