If you look to the history of 61.113 and Pvt Pilot Priviledges,
paragraph (g) was written to allow Pvt Pilots to count the hours as
tow pilot in their logbooks towards additional ratings. FAA did
consider that accumulation of free hours was non monetary compensation
and not allowed before the rewrite of 61.113(g).

The only "except as proivided in (b) thru (g)" that includes
compensation is (b)

I'll stand that paragraph 61.113(g) states that a Pvt Pilot may act as
PIC for tow operations, he may not be compensated for it.

T

I'm confused. You first say that (g) allows a private pilot to
receive compensation (flight time towards a rating) but then you still
believe that a private pilot can tow but not be compensated for it?

are you trying to delineate between monetary and non-monetary
compensation? attempting to determine what you think the FAA's intent
was with a reg instead of what they wrote?