Distorted tax base & oppressive exaction
Fiscal consolidation should be as growth-friendly as possible. In general, tax base-broadening reforms are identified as growth-oriented reforms. To the ...
Tag: Tax
Fiscal Management: Issues & Challenges
An unusual decline in revenue collection and steep rise in current expenditures caused a deterioration in all major fiscal indicators ...
Flourishing tobacco industry & “soft state”
“Only two companies pay 98 percent of total tax . The remaining 40% companies pay meagre 2% tax”—Prime ...
Nawaz Sharif & alleged corruption
From life-time disqualification of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif—first time of any prime minister in Pakistan under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution—to ...
PTI’s flawed policies & forgotten promises
Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing top officials of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on November 13, 2019, sought their ...
Pakistan Revenue Authority: Yes or No
On October 3, 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan approved an ambitious three-year tax reforms plan that includes setting up of ...