 YaY for Government Genius, The government wants to tax your virtual dollars |
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| YaY for Government Genius, The government wants to tax your virtual dollars |
 Oct 18 2006, 08:35 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 22-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 3  |
Hope someone didn't beat me to it.
http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2006...tual-economies/ Now while I agree with taxing someone who sold their account, or sold gold for real money, I dont get how it is even feasibly possible to tax someone for something they will never ever physically own. Then again I might have missread the article, which if that is the case feel free to make me feel like a dumbass. |
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Oct 18 2006, 11:18 PM
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 START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
Oh thats bullshit, we want to tax your virtual dollars.
aka "If you make gold in WoW we want our cut!" Like the guy said, if you transfer your credits to cash you have to report your earning to the IRS, if its not real money then it has no real value. -------------------- FUCK YOU
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Oct 19 2006, 05:41 AM
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Italian. Yes. Group: Members Posts: 767 Joined: 22-February 06 From: - Member No.: 18 |
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Oct 19 2006, 09:38 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
sounds like they just don't know anything about in game virtual economies yet and are just taking steps to learn about how they work and how they relate to real world money.
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Oct 19 2006, 07:32 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
tax the shit out of them
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Oct 19 2006, 09:58 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
shit i think i saw a statistic somewhere that online WoW gold sales topped $6,000,000 last year
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Oct 23 2006, 12:14 AM
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START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Oct 19 2006, 10:58 PM)  shit i think i saw a statistic somewhere that online WoW gold sales topped $6,000,000 last year yeah but you have to report those gains on your taxes. If you make 30,000 off selling WoW gold (or whatever) you have to report it to the IRS. Its almost like double taxation. -------------------- FUCK YOU
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Oct 23 2006, 08:09 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (rabble @ Oct 23 2006, 01:14 AM) yeah but you have to report those gains on your taxes. If you make 30,000 off selling WoW gold (or whatever) you have to report it to the IRS. Its almost like double taxation. heh... yeah i'm sure all the gold farming websites report their earnings to the IRS. not to mention people who just ebay a lot of stuff. i've sure as hell never included stuff i've sold on ebay in my income on tax day. |
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Oct 23 2006, 08:46 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (rabble @ Oct 23 2006, 12:14 AM) yeah but you have to report those gains on your taxes. If you make 30,000 off selling WoW gold (or whatever) you have to report it to the IRS. Its almost like double taxation. How would that be double taxation? 
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Oct 23 2006, 12:02 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Oct 23 2006, 09:09 AM) heh... yeah i'm sure all the gold farming websites report their earnings to the IRS. not to mention people who just ebay a lot of stuff. i've sure as hell never included stuff i've sold on ebay in my income on tax day. Not to mention the fact that a large number of gold farmers aren't even in the US. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Oct 23 2006, 01:25 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
I think they should be taxed. If i have to pay a sin tax on cigs they should have to pay a tax on not being a productive member of society because they are always on their ass playing some game.
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Oct 23 2006, 05:18 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 22-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 3 |
In texas, and several other states, we are taxed for playing. a few states have implemented a sales tax for the monthly subscription fee
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