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Ahhh! Americans are enjoying something we haven't yet taxed! Get on it, Chicago! -- (link)

Posted by ML (aka Iadodger) Jul 2 '15, 07:12

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Chicago is the first major American city to levy a tax on either streaming services or cloud computing services. (fusion.net)

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How does a local level of government get the powers to tax that? That should be a state or federal taxation power. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 2, 08:06 2
- Sales tax power is at the state and local level in the US. We don't have national sales tax / VAT. -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:10 1
  - this isn't a sales tax, but the principle holds - ML Jul 2, 08:13
9%? jeebus -- nm - decline Jul 2, 07:29 3
- That's that sales tax rate in Chicago. That's down from 10.25% when I moved there. -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:11
- Chicago has a ton of taxes and they're extremely aggressive (and creative) on interpretations. -- nm - spamlet Jul 2, 07:31
- Chicago needs to restock the legal fund for it's politicians. -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:30
That's just wrong. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:15 16
- We paid tax at Blockbuster when we rented VHS tapes, why not Netflix? -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 07:16 12
  - so like, would xbox memberships be taxed? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 2, 07:20 5
    - i am actually amazed that they aren't. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 07:39 3
      - These sorts of things *are* taxed. But at the state level. Chicago has taken the additional step of taxing it locally as well. -- nm - ML Jul 2, 07:41 1
        
        Yay Chicago!!!! - groiny Jul 2, 07:43
      - if you buy the card at a store, you are paying tax on it. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:40
    - Sounds like it would be a tax on the purchase of the Xbox Live card and then a tax on the streaming services that you use. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 2, 07:26
  - because I am already paying tax on my internet. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:17 5
    - And this is a tax on a service that is delivered via the Internet, not your Internet itself. - ty97 Jul 2, 07:18 3
      - Makes sense but it still feels wrong. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:26
      - STOP HARSHING MY OUTRAGE, TY!!!!! -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:20 1
        
        heh -- nm - zork Jul 2, 07:22
    - This. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:17
- I both love my city, and hate my city, all at once. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:16 2
  - I feel this way about Texas. I love it so much but they do some stupid, stupid shit -- nm - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:26
  - I have that feeling every day. I love my city so much but it's killing me. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:17
MUTHERFUCKERS!!!! -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:12

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