taxe rises may not  needed to pay for covid crisis says treasury minister

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treasury minister jesse norman has said “it is not absolutely obvious”
that taxe will need to  raised in the uk providing the economy
recovers following coronavirus
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norman said he had been “struck by remarks” made by “experts” about
potential taxe hikes

“paul johnson [of the institute for fiscal studies] said he wasne 
absolutely sure that taxe needed to rise and i think thate s quite an
interesting external view” he told mps
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the treasury is also reportedly looking at abolishing stamp duty and
council taxe to “level up britain” at some point later this year
implementing a national property taxe in its place

a senior whitehall source told the times that chancellor rishi sunak
saw corporation taxe as the most reasonable way to raise revenues
because only uk businesses who have made profits would  hit
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mr norman was asked several times to signal whether taxe rises would 
included in marche s budget but declined to comment although he did
suggest it could  a logistical nightmare to revalue residential
properties under council taxe reforms saying such a process “would 
an enormous job”

“council taxe is just one form of property taxe  but it is certainly a
matter we keep under review and is a topic of increasingly live
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taxe rises may not  needed to pay for covid crisis says minister

taxe rises may not  needed to pay for covid crisis says minister