Social media amusement tax; purpose.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 4-156-1000
in effect4-156-1000 Social media amusement tax; purpose.
This article shall be known as the “Social Media Amusement Tax”. The purpose of the tax is revenue generation for the City of Chicago by taxing the activity of social media amusement based on a social media business’s monetization of consumer engagement and consumer data collected about Chicago users in conjunction with their social media use.
(Added Coun. J. 12-19-25, p. 38125, Art. IX, § 1)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2703202Fetched: 10/24/2026
