Labell v City of Chicago Archives - Liberty Justice Center

Chicago Overstepping with Streaming Tax, Users Tell Ill. Court – Law 360

(Sept. 19, 2019) The city of Chicago’s amusement tax on streaming services like Netflix is an unconstitutional overreach of its authority, a state appellate panel heard Thursday in a first-of-its-kind test of a city's streaming tax.

Lawsuit Filed to Block Chicago’s ‘Cloud Tax’ – Fox News

City Hall estimates the 9 percent tax will yield about $5 million

Inside the Legal Challenge to Chicago’s 9 Percent Netflix Tax – Motherboard Vice

The city became the first to try to create a new revenue stream from streamers

Netflix and Amazon Users Sue to Stop Chicago’s 9% Streaming Tax – Fortune

Local governments are taxing popular cloud services to make up for lost sales tax revenue

City of Chicago Sued for ‘Trying to Sneak in’ a Nine Per Cent ‘Netflix Tax’ on Streaming Websites including Spotify and Amazon Prime – Daily Mail

A lawsuit filed against the Illinois city claims it had no legal right to bring in the levy which could lead to higher bills for residents

City of Chicago Sued Over ‘Netflix Tax’ – Fox News

Chicago’s ‘amusement tax’ puts a fee on streaming services like Netflix, Spotify Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com http://video.foxnews.com/v/4480344454001/?#sp=show-clips

Chicago’s Tax of Netflix, Spotify Subscriptions Challenged in Court – Hollywood Reporter

Labell v. City of Chicago challenges Chicago’s tax on subscriptions to streaming services, such as Netflix and Spotify. The Liberty Justice Center represents Chicago taxpayers who subscribe to these streaming services and are forced to pay the tax. The excerpt below is from an article...

Labell v City of Chicago

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