Why Experts Believe Chicago's Cloud Tax Won't Last - McDermott Will & Emery

Why Experts Believe Chicago’s Cloud Tax Won’t Last

Overview


Stephen Kranz criticized Chicago’s imposition of a tax on vendors of cloud and streaming services because it was not legislatively enacted. “In the states that have taken an administrative approach, where there’s no debate, discussion, or administrative proclamation of what the law ought to be–in every instance, they stretch a law from decades ago in order to apply it to today’s digital economy,” he said. “And when states have acted administratively, the courts have corrected it.” Read the full article.