Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20190204232949/@comment-35356197-20190208055636

No it wouldn't. FM's own terms and conditions state their (in game) currency has no real value. That is so that you cannot turn around and sue them if you are sitting with an enormous gold balance and they decide to stop supporting the game.

But from an employee compensation perspective, the accounting and tax implications would likely be different. What a silly argument. I'll bet you couldn't cite a single example of a game or software designer being charged with tax evasion for what effectively amounts to beta-testing their own software.