On September 11, advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union Juliane Kokott issued an opinion requesting a preliminary ruling from the Tax Disputes Commission under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on a case concerning that most fundamental financial quandary with which all states, federations, and empires in their might and majesty must—in time—contend: Should you have to pay taxes if you sell RuneScape gold to somebody for real money?
The opinion's introduction, which begins with a quote from Goethe's Faust—"Gold all doth lure, Gold doth secure all things. Alas, we poor!"—explains that "a taxable person" avoided paying VAT [value added tax] on "not insignificant" transactions in which RuneScape gold was purchased from players and sold to others at a profit (via GamesRadar).
