After years of complaining, I’ve decided to take on the Tax Office’s inability to create an eTax system that is platform-independent. While a minority of computer users use computing platforms other than Microsoft Windows, they have a right to access government services. It is also wrong that a government agency is favouring one company over other alternatives. It’s as if you were only allowed a tax break for business use of a car if it was a specific brand.
If you want to make your voice heard, here are two things you can do:
- sign my online petition: this is not a Greens campaign, so do not worry about deciding whether you support the party or not
- complain to the ATO online or by phone 1800 199 010
What will I do with the petition? Once it’s reached 1,000 signatures I will alert the ATO, Wayne Swan, Joe Hockey and Bob Brown as to its existence. I will challenge each of them to take action. I will do so as a private citizen, not as a Greens member, because I would really like this problem solved, rather than to score points. But I am publicising the campaign here, because I know some people still follow this blog though there is no imminent election.
The results count below includes a few bogus signatures that I’ve trimmed:
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