According to the Finance Department changes, the 9 percent amusement tax, which has mostly been tacked onto tickets to concerts and sporting events, also now applies to paid subscriptions for streamed digital music and to streamed rental movies or TV shows, and "for the privilege of participating in games, on-line or otherwise," if the person paying to receive the data is in Chicago.
If they can tax amusement then they can tax online gaming? If they can tax online gaming then they can tax the cloud? If they can tax the cloud then they can tax the blockchain?
So the local governments in the future might levy a tax on all blockchain use for anyone who resides within the United States.
Local governments which want to discourage use of the blockchain, or violent video games, or "the privilege of participating in games", can use the Chicago model as a template.
Gaming communites and blockchain communitis have more interests aligned and a lot more in common than they realize.
References
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-cloud-tax-met-0702-20150701-story.html
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-video-games-lawsuit-cloud-tax-20170606-story.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Association
- http://www.business2community.com/cloud-computing/yes-chicago-cloud-tax-heres-means-01323276
- https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-congress-seeks-irs-help-on-regulating-taxes-of-cryptocurrencies