Avoiding the virtual taxman

Last Modified: 20 Oct 2006
By: Benjamin Cohen

The "virtual" website called Second Life may even have its own tax dodgers.

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It has population of over one million, with thousands of businesses, and even its own currency. Its residents can fly and give themselves perfect bodies.

This parallel universe, called Second Life, and is the latest internet phenomenon.

Big corporations like Nike and Amazon are rushing to enter the game, and some players are making thousands of real dollars.

But could it also be a way of dodging the taxman. Channel 4 News's Benjamin Cohen - and his digital alter ego - have been exploring this strange world.

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