I just got this letter. It looks like the free ride of Internet retailers is over:
"Dear Amazon Web Services Customer,
We want to let you know that starting with your January 2015 bill (sent out at the beginning of February), AWS will begin collecting Chicago’s Personal Property Lease Transaction (“PPLT”) tax on taxable transactions made using accounts with a billing address in Chicago. We are doing this in order to comply with applicable city tax ordinances, which require us to remit this tax to Chicago.
You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you have a Chicago billing address associated with at least one of your accounts. Starting January 1st, 2016, applicable PPLT tax will be added to your AWS bill each month. As always, if you use AWS Consolidated Billing with multiple accounts, tax will be calculated separately for each of your individual AWS accounts.
Chicago provides an exemption for “small new businesses”, which the City defines as those companies that have less than $25 million in gross receipts or sales during the most recent full calendar year and have been in business for less than 60 months (i.e., 5 years). You can find more information about this “small new business” exemption on the City of Chicago Finance Department’s Tax Exemption page, available athttp://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fin/provdrs/tax_division/svcs/apply_for_an_exemption.html.
If you are eligible for this small new business exemption in Chicago, you can submit your completed exemption certificate via your Manage Tax Exemptions page at https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/manageYourAccount?ie=UTF8&action=ussalestaxexemptions
If you have any questions please contact us at http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/.
Sincerely,
Amazon Web Services Team
Amazon Web Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon.com is a registered trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. This message was produced and distributed by Amazon Web Services Inc., 410 Terry Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109-5210"
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"Dear Amazon Web Services Customer,
We want to let you know that starting with your January 2015 bill (sent out at the beginning of February), AWS will begin collecting Chicago’s Personal Property Lease Transaction (“PPLT”) tax on taxable transactions made using accounts with a billing address in Chicago. We are doing this in order to comply with applicable city tax ordinances, which require us to remit this tax to Chicago.
You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you have a Chicago billing address associated with at least one of your accounts. Starting January 1st, 2016, applicable PPLT tax will be added to your AWS bill each month. As always, if you use AWS Consolidated Billing with multiple accounts, tax will be calculated separately for each of your individual AWS accounts.
Chicago provides an exemption for “small new businesses”, which the City defines as those companies that have less than $25 million in gross receipts or sales during the most recent full calendar year and have been in business for less than 60 months (i.e., 5 years). You can find more information about this “small new business” exemption on the City of Chicago Finance Department’s Tax Exemption page, available athttp://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fin/provdrs/tax_division/svcs/apply_for_an_exemption.html.
If you are eligible for this small new business exemption in Chicago, you can submit your completed exemption certificate via your Manage Tax Exemptions page at https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/manageYourAccount?ie=UTF8&action=ussalestaxexemptions
If you have any questions please contact us at http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/.
Sincerely,
Amazon Web Services Team
Amazon Web Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon.com is a registered trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. This message was produced and distributed by Amazon Web Services Inc., 410 Terry Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109-5210"
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