Compel Internet Use, Says Work Foundation

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Ten per cent or more of the population should be compelled to use the Internet for their tax returns and when using government services, according to a report for the Work Foundation (formally the Industrial Society). The authors make the remarkable claim that the state is “subsidising” taxpayers who are have Internet access and are computer literate if they prefer to make paper tax returns. “Marketing techniques” could be used to identify these people, they suggest, so that they might be compelled to do as the government wished.
The Chief Executive of the Work Foundation is Will Hutton, a writer and former Guardian journalist. It says that its mission is to improve working life.
A government spokesperson said that it was still committed to allowing citizens to choose.


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