Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Pennsylvania To Apply 6% 'Netflix Tax' (allflicks.net)

Posted by BeauHD on from the nickel-and-dime dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania has signed into law a new revenue package that will require residents to pay a 6% sales tax on their streaming subscriptions. AllFlicks reports: "Though the term 'Netflix tax' has become popular, laws like this don't just affect Netflix -- they also affect competitors like Hulu and HBO Now. App purchases and ebooks are also affected. They recently decided on a hefty $31.5 billion budget, and they came up $1.3 billion short of paying for it. The government is trying to close that funding gap, and streaming subscribers are being stuck with the bill." Magazine and newspaper subscriptions, as well as digital versions of the Bible, will be exempt from the digital downloads tax, reports CBS Local News in Pittsburgh.

4 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. Start taxing religions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Start taxing religions with their mega churches, it is nothing but a business.

  2. Only the Bible? by MrKevvy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From TFA: "Magazine and newspaper subscriptions, as well as digital versions of the Bible, will be exempt from the digital downloads tax."

    What... the Torah, Quran, and Bhagavad Gita and hundreds of others need not apply? Nice lawsuit trolling there.

    --
    -- Insert witty one-liner here. --
  3. Re:Yay for regressive taxes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Democrats don't really care about the poor. They care about power, control and expanding their empire (bigger government). One way to lock on to that power is to keep people poor and keep promising them services from the bigger government. Grow your empire and keep people dependent on it to keep voting you back in power. If you actually cared about poor people, you'd be looking at making them self sufficient and not dependent on government services.

  4. Re:WTF PA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    You, monkeyzoo, must be an ignorant born idiot. Spouting hate just because you only read the hate mongering willfully deceptive summary here by BeauHD (a supporter of incompetent mass murderer Crooked Hillary).
    If you actually took the time educate yourself with facts, you would know that all books bought from already tax exempt charities are not subject to this, that includes not just Bibles, but lots of text books as well. In any case, Bibles are usually distributed free.
    Get it?

    If you do now, instead of vomiting your obvious ignorance, why don't you puke it over sissyboy BeauHD's clit. Or do you intend to continue to push his shit.