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Will You Have to Pay the Netflix Tax?
The Hill ^ | 12/16/2018 | Kristin Tate

Posted on 12/17/2018 8:12:57 AM PST by therightliveswithus

Chicago has won a legal battle allowing its wasteful “amusement tax” to be levied on everyday people. Residents who enjoy gaming will now have to pay a 9 percent tax for streaming services they buy through Playstation. They also have to pay this 9 percent tax on other streaming services for entertainment like Netflix, Spotify, and Hulu. The amusement tax is one of multiple examples of government using its ability to pick the pockets of the populace to select winners and losers in the market while paying its bills with money that citizens often do not realize they are spending.

The Windy City originally passed its amusement tax in 2015, not through the democratic process, mind you, but through backdoor bureaucratic means. Elected officials on the Chicago City Council never touched the proposal. Instead, it was passed by diktat through the Chicago Finance Department. Although a higher court may find the tax unconstitutional in the future, it was recently upheld by the Circuit Court of Cook County.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: california; chicago; cutthecable; cutthecord; icann; netflix; netflixtax; taxes; vpn
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1 posted on 12/17/2018 8:12:57 AM PST by therightliveswithus
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Chicago can’t top California it wants to tax texting,the deeper the gouge the more the money.


2 posted on 12/17/2018 8:16:12 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: therightliveswithus

So, taxmakers, I mean lawmakers, no longer have to justify a reason for a tax....


3 posted on 12/17/2018 8:16:49 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: therightliveswithus

Not only a Netflix Tax, but also a texting tax.


4 posted on 12/17/2018 8:18:19 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: therightliveswithus

Netflix hired Obama and his Admin so we dumped it ,so nope no tax ,LOL


5 posted on 12/17/2018 8:18:40 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: jeffc
Elected officials on the Chicago City Council never touched the proposal. Instead, it was passed by diktat through the Chicago Finance Department.

That doesn't seem constitutional, but I'm just an American....

6 posted on 12/17/2018 8:19:00 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: therightliveswithus
Between this and Seattle's pop tax, they're sure to begin taxing the air soon.

I do love St Elsewhere on Hulu.

7 posted on 12/17/2018 8:21:55 AM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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To: butlerweave

Yep, no netflix no tax. never had it, probably never will now.


8 posted on 12/17/2018 8:22:24 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: therightliveswithus

Subscribe to a VPN. They won’t be able to spy on you to find out if you have Netflix, or anything else. I have my router connected to PrivateInternetAccess so every device on the network is protected.

A VPN is just a good idea.


9 posted on 12/17/2018 8:23:18 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.“ --Aristotle.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My VPN PIA is the best $50 I spend every year.


10 posted on 12/17/2018 8:25:22 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: therightliveswithus

Taxed enough yet?


11 posted on 12/17/2018 8:29:16 AM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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To: therightliveswithus

People will soon be “streaming” out of Chicago.


12 posted on 12/17/2018 8:29:22 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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I wonder how the tax will be collected? I believe it is possible to stream from anonymous sites that by pass the taxable streams.

I consider the whole gambit to be foolishness that will never actually come to fruition


13 posted on 12/17/2018 8:31:57 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: Vaduz

I HAD BETTER NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES I canceled Netflix when we found out the Obamas was going to work for them also Susan RICE ONE OF THE Obamas criminals work for them..


14 posted on 12/17/2018 8:33:47 AM PST by PLD
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That seems foolish

You cut off your nose to spite your face


15 posted on 12/17/2018 8:34:54 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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I HAD BETTER NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES I canceled Netflix when we found out the Obamas was going to work for them also Susan RICE ONE OF THE Obamas criminals work for them..

Me too. Now I'm getting offers to re-up, which I won't. Let Netflix die along with California.
16 posted on 12/17/2018 8:40:37 AM PST by farming pharmer
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I don’t see it that way..


17 posted on 12/17/2018 8:41:28 AM PST by PLD
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To: therightliveswithus

All this kind of stuff is why I moved from Seattle to central KY. seven years ago. Sure, they have an income tax, but it doesn’t apply to SS at all, and annual property taxes are virtually non-existent.


18 posted on 12/17/2018 8:41:50 AM PST by cuban leaf
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I agree with you..our’s was cut off many month ago and I think at the time they offered lots then too..My husband told them no we don’t contribute to Obamas salary..We are just as happy there are lots of things to watch instead of NETFLIX..


19 posted on 12/17/2018 8:47:35 AM PST by PLD
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Netflix has changed dramatically from what it was originally. It appears as though 90% of their content is Netflix Original content, but only 37% of what customers stream is their content. It appears to me to be a recipe for a dramatic loss of subscribers. Some of the original content is good, but the majority IMO is trash not worth the time to watch. They put up new TV Series by the dozens. The vast majority only ever have one season because they suck.

Amazon Prime has gone downhill as well. You used to be able to rent practically any movie you wanted if it wasn’t Prime. Now, many movies don’t even have a rent option. You have to subscribe to a premium channel like HBO to be able to see a movie.


20 posted on 12/17/2018 8:51:41 AM PST by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after rain had started falling.)
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