UK Tax Burden Set to Be Highest Since 1960s Due to Pandemic

UK Tax Burden Set to Be Highest Since 1960s Due to Pandemic
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak poses with the Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street before presenting the government's annual budget to Parliament in London on March 3, 2021. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
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Britain’s tax burden will rise to its highest level for over 50 years after the chancellor announced significant tax hikes to deal with the consequences of the pandemic.

Delivering the annual budget in the House of Commons on March 3, Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the Exchequer, said that corporation tax will be raised to 25 percent from 19 percent from 2023, by which time he predicted the economy should be past the COVID-19 crisis.