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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Moore

Is Deutsche Bank right to call for a tax on working from home?

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eutsche Bank proposing a 5 per cent tax on working from home?

Barely had I read the headline and there was coffee all over my desk. Haven’t these (expletive deleted) bankers inflicted enough pain? Apparently not.

“Those who can work from home receive direct and indirect financial benefits and they should be taxed in order to smooth the transition process for those who have been suddenly displaced,” Luke Templeman provocatively declared in the latest edition of the bank’s Konzept publication, which is dedicated to post-pandemic rebuilding.

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