Alternatively, it said the tax could be paid by employers who do not provide their staff with a permanent desk. "For years we have needed a tax on remote workers – Covid has just made it obvious,” strategist Luke Templeman said. That means remote workers are contributing less to the infrastructure of the economy whilst still receiving its benefits. A daily 5% working from home tax would cost an employee earning £35,000 just under £7 a day, according to Templeman’s calculations. How would the tax work in the UK?

Source: Daily Mirror November 12, 2020 11:46 UTC