taxe rises that could pay for coronavirus according to leaked document -- discuss ideas about future policy government ʼwill have to raise taxe and freeze wages to cover £bn coronavirus billʼ -- traditionally there are only a few ways to raise money borrowing austerity and taxe rises so without austerity what kind of taxe rises might we looking at here are five that are mooted in the document according to the telegraph income taxe -- income taxe ranging from on most earnings to for top earnings is one of three taxe protected in a triple taxe lock by boris johnson in the toriesʼ manifesto the pm pledged not to raise income taxe vat or national insurance for the duration of the parliament -- the document claims it is economically better to break the taxe lock to achieve revenue of this scale than attempt to raise this level of -- a penny extra of income taxe on each pound earned could reportedly raise £bn a year -- vat was also protected until by the toriesʼ triple taxe lock but it could have to go up -- coronavirus chancellor warns selfemployed they face taxe hike after crisis -- the lib dems have previously proposed an extra penny on income taxe dedicated to the health service new green taxe according to the telegraph new green taxe are under discussion by treasury officials