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Chicago becomes first city to collect "Netflix tax"
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:00 pm
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Four years ago, Chicago imposed a 9% tax on streaming entertainment services, leading to a flurry of lawsuits. Now, the city has collected $2 million in sales tax from Sony and two online ticketing services, making it the first major city to collect such a tax successfully, Bloomberg reported.
The city collected $1.2 million from Sony in January, on services including PlayStation Video live events and purchases of music and video, according to Bloomberg. It also collected nearly $800,000 from Eventbrite and $70,000 from Fandango, the outlet said. The levy has been dubbed the "Netflix tax" because it targets streaming video services in addition to gaming and other digital entertainment.
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Chicago's expanded digital entertainment and services tax could raise up to $12 million per year, according to estimates issued at the time it passed in 2015. A lawsuit filed by a libertarian group on behalf of Netflix, Spotify and Amazon Prime customers is currently in the appeal stage.
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What will they tax next?
This post was edited on 5/16/19 at 5:07 pm
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Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:02 pm to Tigerbait357
frick the Bears
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:03 pm to Tigerbait357
frickin progs
They're like locusts
They're like locusts
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:04 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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frickin progs
Never met a tax they didn't like
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:04 pm to Tigerbait357
And what service does the City provide to justify this tax?
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:09 pm to Antonio Moss
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And what service does the City provide to justify this tax?
Pants pocket hole repair
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:11 pm to Antonio Moss
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And what service does the City provide to justify this tax?
Finding new ways to tax its citizens.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:13 pm to Tigerbait357
They should just start taxing shootings. Pay off their debt in no time
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:13 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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frickin progs
They're like locusts
This will eventually happen everywhere. LA already taxes digital products, for example. They went after streaming services but failed in 2017. They'll try again soon enough.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:18 pm to Tigerbait357
What a shitehole.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:20 pm to fr33manator
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They should just start taxing shootings. Pay off their debt in no time
New Orleans could invest into this philosophy as well
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:21 pm to Tigerbait357
They will get their hands on it however they can.. And if they can't they will make it illegal.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:24 pm to Tigerbait357
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What will they tax next?
Air
Every person will be injected with a device that measures how much air you inhale every 24 hours. It will then send a wireless signal to your bank account, and withdraw the daily tax and submit it to the city.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:25 pm to fr33manator
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They should just start taxing shootings. Pay off their debt in no time
Tax bullets
$1,000 sales tax on every bullet sold
CHL holders are exempt
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:25 pm to Tigerbait357
We need more money for dem programs
Midnight basketball
Slam poetry
Etc
Midnight basketball
Slam poetry
Etc
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:27 pm to Antonio Moss
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And what service does the City provide to justify this tax?
investigating fake hate crimes
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:33 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Every person will be injected with a device that measures how much air you inhale every 24 hours. It will then send a wireless signal to your bank account, and withdraw the daily tax and submit it to the city.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:39 pm to LSUFanHouston
Someone who was monitoring your internet activity just hit the jackpot.
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:40 pm to Antonio Moss
quote:To be fair, the city owns all the land and therefor people using netflix on their property.
And what service does the City provide to justify this tax?
Posted on 5/16/19 at 5:42 pm to Tigerbait357
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What will they tax next?
Per breath tax on everyone in Chicago.
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