Eventbrite Pays Chicago $799,000 to Settle Tax Liabilities

The ticketing and event-planning company Eventbrite Inc. paid $799,000 to Chicago to remedy four years of liabilities under the city’s amusement tax and has committed to collect and remit taxes on future transactions beginning July 1.

In a separate dispute, the cinema ticketing company Fandango agreed to pay Chicago $70,000 to remedy amusement tax liabilities dating back to 2007.

According to a confidential settlement obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Bloomberg Tax, Eventbrite agreed to settle all liabilities stretching back to Jan. 1, 2015, relating to Chicago’s 9 percent amusement tax as it applies to fees ...