Pay Real Taxes on Your Virtual Life
Congress has found a new way to tax netizens. If you play role-playing games online, and that game has a virtual economy, Congress is trying to find a way to tax your virtual dollars.
Some games, like Second Life, allow you to trade your online "Linden Dollars" offline on eBay for real cash. Linden Dollars are the only virtual currency that eBay will allow you to trade. The government wants a piece of this action. You can also own virtual land in Second Life, I wonder if the Congress will want you to pay property tax on it.
I'll pay in virtual dollars.
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Some games, like Second Life, allow you to trade your online "Linden Dollars" offline on eBay for real cash. Linden Dollars are the only virtual currency that eBay will allow you to trade. The government wants a piece of this action. You can also own virtual land in Second Life, I wonder if the Congress will want you to pay property tax on it.
I'll pay in virtual dollars.
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posted by Barbara Miers at
2/16/2007 06:10:00 PM
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5 Comments:
Interesting!!! Will they also come up with the same for credit cards? hehehe...
Happy Saturday!
OMG! Are you kidding me?! I'd tell you about our taxes this year but I don't want to cry right now.
Here's a minute from me. :)
The funny thing about Second Life is that it really isn't interesting unless you have cash.
You gotta be KIDDIN' me! ROFLMBO! What will they THINK of next???
if they start doing something with Runescape, we're in trouble!
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