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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: krakah on July 01, 2013, 01:59:46 PM

Title: LAN Party Tax....
Post by: krakah on July 01, 2013, 01:59:46 PM

... in Sweden.

http://www.friatider.se/lan-party-tax-hits-swedish-gamers (http://www.friatider.se/lan-party-tax-hits-swedish-gamers)

Pretty f'ed up.

Title: Re: LAN Party Tax....
Post by: Broken on July 01, 2013, 02:11:59 PM

I wonder if we could get the ACLU on that if it ever hit us here in the states?

Title: Re: LAN Party Tax....
Post by: The Shoctor on July 01, 2013, 02:13:20 PM

That's one of the reasons we shy away from cash tournaments, but it looks like they don't even care if you aren't playing for money.

Title: Re: LAN Party Tax....
Post by: MahoneyRed on July 01, 2013, 02:42:48 PM

I think here in 'Murica you'd have a hard time equating gaming to the gambling of slots. Even then, here you are only taxed on the winnings, and Casinos are only taxed on their income. It seems like Sweden has a tax on Gambling despite win, lose, or draw.

Title: Re: LAN Party Tax....
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on July 02, 2013, 08:25:12 AM

Those swedes are just nuts.  Saw this at the bottom of the Lan Party Tax article.  Ticketing a car that has been destroyed and is undrivable takes some balls.

http://www.friatider.se/parking-tickets-issued-on-wrecks-while-stockholm-burns (http://www.friatider.se/parking-tickets-issued-on-wrecks-while-stockholm-burns)