Chicago to Apply Lease Transaction, Amusement Taxes to Digital Services - McDermott Will & Emery

Chicago to Apply Lease Transaction, Amusement Taxes to Digital Services

Overview


Stephen Kranz submitted comments to the Alabama Department of Revenue criticizing the department’s proposed tax on online video rentals and streaming, in which he wrote: “The purchase of streamed music and movies is not the equivalent of the purchase of a CD or DVD. T]he Department is attempting to expand its application . . . to an entirely new set of transactions.”