Do we have any Chicagoland residents here? Can any of you confirm any of this?
You can read the official text of the ruling here.
--Patrick
The article I read (which I have linked here) talks about how this will force the bills of all Chicago Netflix customers to grow an extra 9% in size, but I'm more concerned with c) up there and how it applies to users of WoW, LoL, W101, and every Internet-connected game console out there. Also Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, and Google Play.[Entertainment providers shall collect and remit to Chicago a 9% tax on:]
a) charges paid for the privilege of watching electronically delivered television shows, movies or videos are subject to the amusement tax, if the shows, movies or videos are delivered to a patron (i.e., customer) in the City (see paragraph 13 below);
b) charges paid for the privilege of listening to electronically delivered music are subject to the amusement tax, if the music is delivered to a customer in the City;
c) and charges paid for the privilege of participating in games, on-line or otherwise, are subject to the amusement tax if the games are delivered to a customer in the City.
You can read the official text of the ruling here.
--Patrick