The virtual taxman

By Dan Blacharski

I don't play online games, but a lot of people enjoy them. There are virtual communities, entire virtual lives, filled with people who have virtual jobs and even make virtual money. I can't imagine what it would be like to have a virtual life -- the real thing is hard enough -- but I suppose it could have advantages. Wouldn't it be great if, in real life, when you screwed up something, you could just reboot and start over? No such luck. But one real-life government agency wants in on the virtual action, and it seems that a virtual taxman is going to be taking a cut.

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