Believed to be a first, a Senator has used her promotion of video game censorship in a television ad explaining why she should be re-elected. This will allow the junior Senator from New York to rejoin her colleagues in their efforts to tax virtual transactions.
: Zubon
All the more reason to pressure your elected officials to pass the Fair Tax Act. Get rid of the IRS and move to a consumption tax.
What’s next, taxing your dreams and thoughts?
Whats next? Not to sound paranoid, but it just might be a virtual IRS. Picture popups that say you owe x amount of dollars for your virtual transactions. Question is, how they prove it was you that did the transaction? If someone hacks my WOW account and sells my character will I get the bill?
On a side note, this has got to be the most pathetic ticket in history. If the strongest reason to vote for a candidate is that they are tough on video games, I think that is a bold reason to not vote for them as I am sure there are more pressing issues that need attention.
Well, remember that EULAs make everything you own in those games effectively property of the company running it. So, any inter-game transactions would only be taxable to the companies involved, and intra-game transactions do not involve a transfer of ownership of any sort and, therefore, cannot be taxed.