Start-ups exempt from Chicago 'cloud tax'

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago is making changes to its new tax on cloud-based services, such as Netflix and the subscription version of Spotify.
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The mayor's office announced that start-ups and small businesses will be exempt from the tax to encourage new tech jobs to come to the city.

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