Chicagoans know new revenues won’t be used to pay for better roads, classrooms or public safety – these tax hikes won’t even fix what’s ailing the city’s bottom line.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, ecigs, fees, Lyft, outmigration, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel, rideshare, Uber

Chicago: 7th most expensive city in the world

By Amy Korte

09/18/2015

Driven by a costly tax burden, Chicago’s high cost of goods and services lands the Windy City in the top 10 for the most expensive 71 cities across the world, according to a new survey by UBS.

TAGS: Chicago, sales tax

Why Chicago’s ‘Netflix tax’ is illegal

By Jeffrey Schwab

09/11/2015

Chicago’s 9 percent “Netflix tax” is illegal, and the Liberty Justice Center has sued the city to stop collecting it.

TAGS: Chicago, cloud tax, Hulu, Netflix, Rahm Emanuel, Spotify

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Chicago tax collector hath arrived with massive tax hike

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Rahm’s budget plan phases in $2.5 billion in new taxes and fees over 4 years

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Chicago: 7th most expensive city in the world

Why Chicago’s ‘Netflix tax’ is illegal

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