Remote workers feel the pinch with inadequate tax relief system

Plan to set up 400 remote-working hubs in rural areas, but employees need more tax incentives

Last month’s publication of the Government’s latest rural development initiative has been broadly welcomed, particularly by those for whom the Covid-19 emergency has done away with long hours in morning and evening traffic.

The plan envisages 400 remote-working hubs nationwide, to enable more people to live and work in rural communities.