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Taxing Virtual Property: Understanding Costing in Virtual Worlds

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This paper will discuss the creation of account level basis pooling in order to measure the basis of transactions occurring within virtual worlds. The paper examines the history of virtual worlds and how they impact the debate on virtual taxation. Furthermore, it addresses the difference in virtual world taxation proposals…

This paper will discuss the creation of account level basis pooling in order to measure the basis of transactions occurring within virtual worlds. The paper examines the history of virtual worlds and how they impact the debate on virtual taxation. Furthermore, it addresses the difference in virtual world taxation proposals and how they affect tracing basis through virtual worlds. The proposal will address the administrability concerns that face tracing basis through virtual property.
ContributorsJohnson, Kyle Andrew (Author) / Brown, Jenny (Thesis director) / Chodorow, Adam (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / W. P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor)
Created2014-05