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Yes this is a thing. There's at least one other thread about this in the feedback section. I've seen at least half a dozen obscure youtube videos relating to the issue in the last week which makes me think a number of people are reporting it. It's pretty annoying because the tuned instruments were some of the best sounding and now they are pretty much unusable.
A 5-10% tax isn't going to kill anyone. We already pay it on everything. Not to mention, it's kind of silly to think that this taxation is going to hurt lower income households when in fact it's lower income households which yield the most (proportional) tax breaks and get tax returns (therefore legally evading taxes). In the end, the poorest of people will probably be relatively unaffected by the new law. But lower income people are shorter sighted and likely won't think that far ahead (and will forget about where the money came from for their tax returns).
I too am pretty surprised that online games have avoided taxes for so long. Maybe all the hype and talk about loot boxes drew the attention of law makers to the industry lol I also wouldn't doubt that the taxation of online merchandise is probably a bipartisan issue. It both favors states rights and taxation of "luxury" products. Also you'll find that both R and D states are mixed on their individual state laws regarding taxation of virtual content.
