Governments looking to tax MMORPG gamers virtual lives.

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voyds9 said:

Surely you don't pay capital gains on a hobby.

You pay Capital Gains Tax on any capital gain in excess of your annual allowance. The tax man doesn't care how you make the money.

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only mmorpg i play is eveonline, u can buy ingame currency for $$, but it is a breach of the EULA to do and getting caught can equal a ban. if was selling stuff, can see the govt wanting it's cut but only sell stuff within the game and not externally

hear there is a chinese server full of macro mining dweebs who then sell it to each other