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Chicago’s 'cloud tax' makes Netflix and other streaming services more expensive (theverge.com)
7 points by ComputerGuru on July 1, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



I get that the city needs more tax revenue, I have no problem with that. Raise sales tax or add a city income tax or some of the other ways cities increase their tax revenue. Doing it this way is just making it more annoying for companies to provide services to your residents. Don't make it easier for a company to not do business with your residents than to deal with your weird tax codes.


I'm really confused about this. Is the tax decided on the billing address of the subscriber, the location of the streaming endpoint, or the current location of the client?

Suppose my account is registered in Chicago, but I'm spending the summer in Cleveland; why do I have to pay the tax?




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