Could a cloud tax happen here? Maybe.

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Using Vermont, England, Chicago and Germany as the example in this video

lccvermont.org/advocacy-update/what-is-a-cloud-tax-and-who-should-be-concerned/

Vermont wants to impose a tax on use of internet services if you live in the state of Vermont. They also want to impose a tax on tech giants in the state of Vermont if they have a foot print. Using windows 11 as an example, windows 11 technically would be considered a foot print. So you would have to pay a cloud tax in the form of additional fees with azure and one drive just to use your computer in Vermont.

www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/chicagos-streaming-tax-bad-tax-its-not-netflix-tax

If you subscribe to any online service and pay money to make it a reality, you are paying a 9% tax in the city of chicago. If you subscribe to Icloud for example, you are taxed 9% just to store your content online.

www.gov.uk/find-licences/tv-licence

In england you need a tv license to be able to get programming from the BBC.

www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/welcome/englisch/index_ger.html

In germany you pay a tv tax and radio tax if you own either device where you live. Not much information was found in the form of internet use tax.

I keep it off of the internet, at least the parts I hold sacred like personal photos. If I were in the business of building clouds for people I would have to charge a 6% sales tax and have to pay a use tax in the state of Michigan. The use tax would be on the equipment and space needed to build a cloud.

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