Tax & Corporate Law Articles by Huzaima & Ikram

Huzaima & Ikram’s articles collect decades of published analysis on Pakistan’s tax and corporate law — income tax, sales tax, FBR reform, budgets and constitutional questions — by Dr. Ikramul Haq, Huzaima Bukhari and Abdul Rauf Shakoori, including pieces first published in Pakistan’s leading newspapers. See also our Budget 2027 & challenges series and our When VAT ceases to be VAT series, and our Beyond Public Finance series, and our Bankruptcy of Ideas series, and our FATF & Pakistan hub, and our FBR & Pakistan hub, and our Withholding Tax & Pakistan hub, and our Tax Reform & Pakistan hub, and our Constitutional Tax Law & Pakistan hub.

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Anti-corporate tax measures

Dr. Ikramul Haq On the one hand, our Finance Minister keeps on emphasising the need for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), corporatisation and documentation of…
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Anti Money Laundering laws

Self-contradictory Acts Dr. Ikramul Haq The rulers of Pakistan are fond of making self-contradictory statements and acting in a diametrically opposite manner than what they…
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Rise of drug trade and fascism

Dr. Ikramul Haq[*] June 26 marks the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The worldwide observance was decided by the United Nations General…
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Income Tax Ordinance, 2001

Anomalies, lacunae and inconsistencies Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq, leading tax consultants, are well-known authors of many books…
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Remembering Mumbai carnage  

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq Today, November 27, 2009 marks one year of the ghastly three-day carnage in Mumbai—blatant acts of terrorism targeting common…
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                November 14, 2012  (Wednesday)News & Views Newsletter from Ashraf Reza & Company, Bahawalpur, www.ashrafrezaandcompany.com,email: reza888itp@gmail.com Assalam o…
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Why another tax amnesty?

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has once again admitted its failure in dealing with the powerful class of traders…
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Why another tax amnesty?

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has once again admitted its failure in dealing with the powerful class of…
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Tax amnesty for whom?

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Transparency International Pakistan (TIP), in a letter, has prayed to “the Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan to take…
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Time up for fiscal integration

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr Ikramul Haq and Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan The biggest challenge faced by our tax system at national and provincial levels is perpetuation…