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Last Monday, March 31st, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics hosted a panel to discuss accounting issues in Second Life. We were joined by Texas Tech Law Professor Bryan Camp, KAWG&F COO Arline Ciroula, and Tom Hood, founder of the Business Learning Institute. They discussed the economy of SL, the differences in accounting for virtual and RL businesses, and the tax implications for conducting business in SL.

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METANOMICS: ACCOUNTANTS IN SECOND LIFE
MARCH 31, 2008

ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: Hello, everybody, and welcome to Metanomics and a session today on accountants in Second Life. It feels like we were just here, given that we had a special show last Friday. Today’s show has the usual, I guess, ivory tower perspective that we take every week, looking at Metaverse issues from a fairly academic perspective. But we’re also going to talk a bit about some of the raw practicalities for business people in Sec-ond Life. So I apologize in advance for the provincial American focus, but tax day here is only 15 days away. If it makes anyone feel better, I, for one, haven’t taken a single step toward fil-ing, so you know what they say: Those who can’t, do teach. So I’m glad to have some professional onboard today so they can weigh on what the tax implications are for people who are doing work and business in Second Life.

This Monday, March 31th, 2008, at 11:00AM SLT (2:00 PM EST), Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics will host a panel to discuss accounting issues in Second Life. We will be joined by Texas Tech Law Professor Bryan Camp, KAWG&F COO Arline Ciroula, and Tom Hood, founder of the Business Learning Institute. They will discuss the economy of SL, the differences in accounting for virtual and RL businesses, and the tax implications for conducting business in SL.

The event will be held on CMP's 4-sim Amphitheatre as well as by our event partners, and filmed and streamed live on SLCN.tv.

Bios of our guests and event partner locations after the break.

We will be having a panel discussion to talk about accounting issues in Second Life. We will be hearing about the SLACPA, Chili Carson's SL accounting practice, and--of course--a heavy dose of tax implications for those running virtual world businesses.