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Why do I have to pay Secondlife's taxes?
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I received a letter from Tila telling me I was so successful in secondlife that the State I live in requires me to pay taxes on all of the Linden Dollars that Secondlife requires me to Convert to Cash to pay my Sim Tier. Ironically, Secondlife does not take Lindens for Tier payments and I have no Option but to try and make enough Lindens in Secondlife to Convert to Cash so Secondlife can take it. More often than not, Secondlife is taking money from my bank account in real life to cover the Tier.
This is a problem for me and tens of thousands of others who are not making hand over fist in lindens and simply wanted to build and enjoy the game be it through small commercial venture, roleplay or casual Regions. Now I am being told I have pay taxes to play secondlife and it was demanded I provide my social security number so a 1099-K form could be sent of my " Income " aka... converted lindens to pay tier - that I would then be Taxed on, or... Secondlife would put a hold on my Account. I'd also like to mention how Secondlife/Tila take a percentage of the Converted Cash right off the Top and also a percentage of anything sold on Marketplace. The annual membership fee has also gone up.
This is forcing me to release my few Regions one at a time because I can not afford transfer fee's all in one hit, I only have four sims, make that three I gave one away last night. My sims are also grandfathered, I had them from Class 4, that is how long and how much money I've given to secondlife.
In short, Secondlife gets my Annual Membership Fee, A percentage of anything I sell in Marketplace, A percentage of converting Lindens to Cash because Secondlife only takes cash, And Region Tier Fee for Virtual Land in my case $681.00 usd every single month. After all that, I am being taxed on $681.00 a month for converting Lindens to Cash to pay Tier Fee.
Also, two of my sims allow me to only pay $66.00 a month on the third - its not like I am making money here.
Why? Why cant Secondlife just take lindens for tier instead of running its long standing base out? Most of us are disabled and that is why we came here in attempt to be productive in some small way, to focus on something other than reality and hardships. Why am I being forced to pay taxes on Fake Money that Secondlife forces me to sell to Pay them?
Why, why do i have to pay taxes on the game Secondlife?
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