Britain intends to impose taxes on retailers and technology companies whose profits rose during the Corona pandemic.

According to Arabnet, leaked emails to the Sunday Times showed that the government has summoned companies to discuss ways to tax electronic sales, while plans are being drafted to impose a one-off tax on exceptional profits.

The newspaper said in its report that Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is unlikely to disclose these taxes when announcing the budget scheduled for March 3, which will focus on extending the Covid-19 program for temporary layoffs and supporting companies.

and is likely to be announced in the second half of the year.

Sonak is facing pressure within his party, the Conservative Party, to prove that spending is under control when he submits the new budget, after an annual borrowing is on his way To become the highest since World War II.

and last month's data showed that public borrowing since the start of the fiscal year in April reached a record high of 271 billion pounds (370 billion Billion dollars).

It was not immediately possible to obtain comment from the Finance Ministry on the Sunday Times report.