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For political reasons the U.K. (and US) are opposed to having identity cards so that isn’t really a workable solution. 8 think it’s also inaccurate to say that
by dan-robertson 5y ago
For political reasons the U.K. (and US) are opposed to having identity cards so that isn’t really a workable solution. 8 think it’s also inaccurate to say that your address for the purposes of banking is ‘anything one can write on a letter to have the Royal Mail deliver it to you’. For example, you probably can’t give the address of a hotel where you’re staying.
- Symbiote 5y agoThey're also against having a population register. Denmark has a population register ("CPR") [1], but does not have identity cards. It's required that you update your address in the register if you move house or emigrate. Everyone also has a NemKonto ("EasyAccount"), which is a nominated bank account linked to the CPR (somehow) to receive payments from public institutions. That should make fraud of this type even more difficult. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_Centrale_Personregister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_Centrale_Personregister
- ghaff 5y agoIt's probably more accurate to say that it's any residential address that, in the case of the US, is in the USPS address database. Though there are probably exceptions.
- Nextgrid 5y agoI don't understand the issue considering HMRC has a record of every taxpayer? Are these people who are against ID cards also not paying taxes?