Balochistan
Tax collection: myth & realityBy Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqLife in Balochistan is in severely clenched claws of deprivation and chains of rampant poverty. More than half of the population of the province is languishing in stark poverty, live…
Balochistan: Tax Collection Performance
By Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqLife in Balochistan is in severely clenched claws of deprivation and chains of rampant poverty. More than half of the population of the province is languishing in stark poverty, live below proverbial line of…
Taxation, black money and informal economy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul HaqThat there is a considerable informal economy, revenue leakage and black money in Pakistan is undoubted but few in-depth studies have been undertaken to quantify its magnitude and extent. A sound development strategy seeks to…
Taxation, black money and informal economy
Dr Ikramul HaqDr. Ikramul Haq, a leading international tax counsel, is a well-known author specialising in international tax, press, intellectual property, corporate and constitutional law. Dr. Ikram is Chief Partner of Lahore Law Associates (fax: +92 42 6365584, e-mail: irm@brain.net.pk;…
Taxation, black money and informal economy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul HaqThat there is a considerable informal economy, revenue leakage and black money in Pakistan is undoubted but few in-depth studies have been undertaken to quantify its magnitude and extent. A sound development strategy seeks to…
Reinventing “Baghdadi manazaras”
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqDiscourses, discussions, dialogue, conversations and arguments have always been recognized as a means to enhance knowledge, to know another’s point of view without necessarily agreeing or for that matter, disagreeing. Even the Greek philosophers considered…
Income Tax Ordinance, 2001
Case for abandonment of a bad lawDr. Ikramul HaqDr. Ikramul Haq, a leading international tax counsel, is a well-known author specialising in international tax, press, intellectual property, corporate and constitutional law. Dr. Ikram is Chief Partner of Lahore Law Associates…
Audit sans sensibility
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe Inland Revenue is here to ensure that everyone understands and receives what they are entitled to and understands and pays what they owe, so that everyone contributes to the UK’s needs—slogan on website of…
Prioritising tax audit
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqVoluntary compliance under the self assessment system is supervised through the process of audit. Hence audit is an objective exercise with the specific purpose to assess and supervise the universal self assessment scheme at work….