Chicago to Apply 9% 'Netflix Tax

[Poke]

They will find a way to Tax you on everything..

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Chicago-to-Apply-9-Netflix-Tax-134367

 

[whitewolf8214]

They will find a way to Tax you on everything..

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Chicago-to-Apply-9-Netflix-Tax-134367

That is nuts and they will do anything to get more money out of us!!

 

[Sean Mota]

Stupidity I call it. Why don't they cut their spending and salaries internally first.

 

[. Raine]

Ridiculous. Breathing tax will be next.

 

[navychop]

They will find a way to Tax you on everything..

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Chicago-to-Apply-9-Netflix-Tax-134367

I love the "Easy Fix!"

 

[Claude Greiner]

Doesn't surprise me. We sell lots of comcast there and over 1/2 of the accounts we sell are internet only.

 

[cpdretired]

I had to live in Chicago due to mandatory residency as a Chicago police officer. I moved out after retirement. The problem with the city council is that they are afraid to raise property taxes. What they are doing is taxing everything else they can think of. Buying a new car will cost you 9.25%. Parking,cable, entertainment taxes, god knows what else I forgot. If you make a purchase in the downtown area the sales tax goes up to 10%.

 

[Stargazer]

Hopefully this does not set a precident for other towns.

 

[Titanium]

Would the tax be assessed by the billing address for the credit card on file or via the Chicago ISP reporting Netflix viewing?

If by ISP, I see issues with guest viewing. If by address, I predict many gray market "out of area" address subscriptions on the horizon if this starts a trend.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I think they would go by billing address for the subscription.

I doubt they would go as far as to check ip addresses

 

[Kraven]

Would the tax be assessed by the billing address for the credit card on file or via the Chicago ISP reporting Netflix viewing?

If by ISP, I see issues with guest viewing. If by address, I predict many gray market "out of area" address subscriptions on the horizon if this starts a trend.

Living in New Hampshire in awesome

 

[cpdretired]

Yesterday the Cook county board raised the sales tax effective 1 Jan. by one percent. Chicago sales tax is now 10.5% this highest in the nation.