IRS taxation of online game virtual assets inevitable

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[Pantera]

Ridiculous?

[somniferum]

Preposterous

[Spirochete]

What if I cash in overseas, say on a Cayman vacation?

[353FMG]

After prostitution, tax collecting is the oldest profession.

[Teflonic]

Fair Tax please!

[Shellback Chuck]

They can tax my +225 Claymore when they pry it from my cold dead claws.

[non-anonymous]

With all the virtual gold it collects, the IRS will be able to strut around pwning n00bs at an incredible pace.

[Slings and Arrows]

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[right-wingin_It]

Not too long from now, the IRS will want Accounting majors with minors in Video Games!

[fhlh]

DORKS!!!!!

[1rudeboy]

What chance does the IRS have against +8 chainmail and a shield of resistance?

Honestly, the amount of real money that floats around these games is incredible (although I'd argue it's already being taxed). Check eBay.

[LibFreeOrDie]

This isn't from "The Onion"?

[Screamname]

Not really... Do a search on ebay and you will find people selling online character accounts for thousands of bucks. What`s ridiculous is how people find the time to do this stuff, but then again the highest earners on this planet are those involved in entertainment. People have an obsession with escapism. I think this is one of the reasons why the arts have so dramatically declined in recent years, why music, writing, movies, painting etc ect have gone down hill. The same focus and interest that drove artists in the past has now been diverted by the computer. This is why you have so many remakes of old movies, because nobody is writing original scripts and why you haven`t heard any great new songs. If I had any talent I`d be going ape sh*t because the art field is wide open right now in practically every area.

[unixfox]

...you probably haven't wondered whether the United States government will someday tax your virtual winnings from games played over the Internet. every damn thing on planet earth!

They play their games we play ours.

[TexanToTheCore]

I am a bit alarmed that I thought this was pure "Scrappleface". I think there are too many IRs agents spending waaaaaaay too much time at work playing virtual games.

Dorks is an understatement.

[sgtbono2002]

When they figure a way to tax oxygen we are all in trouble.

[capt. norm]

I had an IRS revenue officer (official title) tell me that she could do more with one phone call than other enforcement agencies can do with a court order....and she proved it to be so.

[July 4th]

Here's one:

World of Warcraft character

[SC Swamp Fox]

+8 chainmail won't protect you from a magic missle"