Chicago Netflix customers: Your bill is about to go up 9 percent. Starting July 1, city's "Amusement Tax Ruling" takes effect.

Ars Technica reports:

Starting Wednesday, the city of Chicago’s new "cloud tax" went into effect: it imposes a 9-percent tax on "patrons of amusement," including those services that are "delivered electronically."

In short: Netflix users in Chicago will be paying a little extra for their subscriptions pretty soon.

"We will be adding it to the cost we charge subscribers," Anne Marie Squeo, a Netflix spokeswoman, told Ars in a statement. "Jurisdictions around the world, including the US, are trying to figure out ways to tax online services. This is one approach."

Chicago... that hard up for cash to pay for pensions. Check out the creepy smoking ban coming to Chicago to make watching movies on Netflix more fun.