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Cheese Head Gamers Weep: Wisconsin Tax Adds 5% to Cost of DLC, Game Downloads
gamepolitics.com - 2/26/2009
Cheese Head Gamers Weep: Wisconsin Tax Adds 5% to Cost of DLC, Game Downloads
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If you live in Wisconsin, that Xbox 360 DLC you've got your eye on is about to get 5% pricier. Ditto for that PC game you're considering downloading from Steam. The Spectator reports that Gov. Jim Doyle (D, left) has signed into law a measure that will impose a 5% sales tax on digital goods. In ...

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Wisconsin placing 5% tax on downloaded games, items
Joystiq — ... [Via GamePolitics; image credit: cdw9] Wisconsin placing 5% tax on downloaded games, items originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of ...

New tax set to raise costs of digital downloads
WoW.com — ... Wisconsin is one of the most recent states to hop on board, adding a 5% tax to digitally distributed goods. One of the opponents, State Rep. Scott Suder, commented, "it's basically taxing students to fill in the Doyle budget shortfall, and I think that's unfair." ...

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