Anne Fairpo

The government must exercise caution in its plans to take the tax system online, according to the new president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT).

Anne Fairpo, who succeeds Stephen Coleclough, believes “wild enthusiasm for the wonders of technology [ought to be] tempered with practical reality”, not least because not everyone wants to deal with their own tax affairs digitally.

Security is key for tax pros who go online in public places