A tax for the poor that rich never paid
Dr. Ikramul HaqThe fiscal woes of Pakistan are due to naked defiance of the rich to pay due taxes on their enormous incomes/wealth. A progressive tax (Income Support Levy), legislated in 2013, remains unpaid till today by 99% parliamentarians and…
Agenda for survival
Dr. Ikramul HaqThe main cause of our pathetic socio-political and economic situation is existence of inefficient, corrupt, repressive and criminal institutions, which do not give a damn for the welfare of the common people. The successive governments’ policies of self-aggrandizement…
Agenda for survival and growth
The main cause of our pathetic politico-economic situation is existence of inefficient, corrupt, repressive and criminal governments/institutions, which do not give a damn for the welfare of the common people. We will have to move quickly and decisively to restore…
China’s lawfare against corruption and lessons for Pakistan (Part I)
By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul HaqPrime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which concluded on 6 November, was another historic milestone in the growing geo-strategic China – Pakistan relationship. Elimination of poverty and corruption have been on…
FINANCE ORDINANCE, 2001
Analysis of Amendments in Income Tax LawByDr. Ikramul Haq[*]The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has three mottos: passion for routine, resistance for change and promotion of mediocrity. The changes made in the different tax enactments through the Finance Ordinance 2001…
No Effort To Avoid Assessee-Collector Contact(s)
Dr. Ikramul Haq[*]There has been much talk of reducing or even eliminating the contact between the tax payers and the tax collectors to overcome the deep-rooted corruption rampant in the tax machinery. The worthy Finance Minister, on more than one…
Budget 2001-2002
Tax policies for industrial investmentDr. Ikramul Haq[*]Pakistan needs rational tax policies, having both short-term and long-term goals, to achieve self-reliance, which can only be possible if rapid investment for industrialisation is ensured. The unabated and mounting fiscal deficit, which is…
TAXATION OF E-COMMERCE:ISSUES & SOLUTIONS
BY DR. IKRAMUL HAQ Dr. 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 7226953, e-mail:…
Budget 2001-2002
Tax Policy ImperativesDr Ikramul Haq[*]“Although successive governments have made attempts to narrow the revenue-expenditure gap by taking new fiscal measures in the federal budgets, little improvement has taken place in the overall fiscal deficit. Why is it so? Pakistan tax…