" ... issued a press release warning the IRS to not tax participants in on-line games." Odds on they will anyway - wars against abstract nouns have to be funded somehow, after all. Via the S

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"Note that the politicians aren't talking about virtual items in the game that have been converted to real dollars or other assets [...] Instead, they're looking at actually taxing the items with

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"As virtual worlds proliferate across the Web, software designers and lawyers are straining to define property rights in this emerging digital realm." MSM catches up with the SL/copybot stor

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"...Bryan Camp warned residents of virtual worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft that demands for more specific ownership rights might have the unintended consequence of summoning the

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The seminal essay by Tim O'Reilly, as cited recently by Sir Cory of Doctorow.

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"The Australian government has determined that income earned in virtual economies like Second Life and World of Warcraft should be taxed..."

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"British tax authorities are keeping a close eye on virtual economies but are waiting for the result of a U.S. Congressional investigation before taking action, a spokesman for the UK Treasury to

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"Food and drinks high in sugar should be taxed just like cigarettes, say economists who believe it is the only way to combat the global crisis in obesity." Because economists are far more wo

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This essay was originally published in Tax Justice: The Ongoing Debate (2002, Urban Institute Press)

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Every day is tax day. Don't miss another development in the tax world.

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It's called income mobility. People's income in a free economy like ours is fluctuating. People get rich; people get poor.

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