Prioritising tax audit
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Voluntary 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…
CBR needs to reprioritize tax audit
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Since the promulgation of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, the Central Board of Revenue (CBR, from 15th September to be renamed FBR) has miserably failed to prioritise its audit resources to focus on key areas…
Destroying tax appellate system
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, in the Finance Bill 2014, ignored the demand that tax appellate system should be made independent, free from the administrative controls as directed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan….
Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue
Undesirable changes proposed vide Finance Bill, 2012 Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 provides for the scheme of levy of income tax, tax administration machinery and mechanisms for redressing taxpayers’ grievances. The right of appeal…
ATAIC Islamabad Conference
Sharia Taxation: Dilemma & Crisis of Muslim World Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Deliberations of Third Technical Conference of the Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries (ATAIC) in Islamabad (November 22-25), it is officially claimed by our…
Astringent legacy of May 12
HUZAIMA BUKHARI & DR. IKRAMUL HAQ May 12 of 2007 and 2008 will be remembered in Pakistani history as a tragic and lamentable day—a dictator with the connivance and support of certain forces managed to frustrate the aspiration of people…
Astringent legacy of May 12Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq
May 12 of 2007 and 2008 will be remembered in Pakistani history as a tragic and lamentable day—a dictator with the connivance and support of certain forces managed to frustrate the aspiration of people to see their homeland a place…
Centre-provinces harmony
Need for judicious assignment of taxes Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq There is something fundamentally wrong with Pakistan’s constitutional structure of distribution of taxing powers between the federation and the federating units. The Centre has always usurped the right…
Assets beyond means
Dr. Ikramul Haq Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, ousted/disqualified ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan, seriously or in a light vein, in a private gathering, reportedly said: “Even if my assets do not commensurate with my sources, it is none of your concern”….