Huzaima & Ikram’s articles collect decades of published analysis on Pakistan’s tax and corporate law — income tax, sales tax, FBR reforms, budgets and constitutional questions — by Dr. Ikramul Haq, Huzaima Bukhari and Abdul Rauf Shakoori, including pieces first published in Pakistan’s leading newspapers.
Illicit cigarette sector
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Illicit trade in tobacco products (ITTP) is a global occurrence, affecting all regions and countries. It holds an allure…
Budget 2020-21: Inventive measures
Dr. Ikramul Haq The government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has been trying to improve tax administration and enhance revenues but not succeeded so far. Now…
Of pure, but not for poor!
Huzaima Bukhari “Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up”—Darth Vader-Philanthropist Legendary Greek philosopher, Aristotle said that man is by nature a social…
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Income Tax Ordinance 2001
Time to do away with it Dr. Ikramul Haq Dr. Ikramul Haq, a leading international tax counsel, is a well-known author specialising in international tax,…
The real face of terrorism
Dr Ikramul Haq[*] Before one tries to understand the recent US military and propaganda outbursts against the Afghan Mujahideen [holy warriors], one must turn one’s…
Income Tax Ordinance 2001:A fait accompli
Dr. Ikramul Haq[*] The failure to act prudently creates certain things as fait accompli in a nation’s life. The Income Tax Ordinance 2001, which is…
IMF Tranche: Bailout or Deathblow
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…
Fiscal deficit: Mother of all ills
ByDr. Ikramul Haq* The persistent failure of our financial managers and tax collectors to overcome fiscal deficit and remove fiscal imbalances has created a situation…
FINANCE ORDINANCE, 2001
Analysis of Amendments in Income Tax Law By Dr. Ikramul Haq[*] The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has three mottos: passion for routine, resistance for…
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…
Budget 2001-2002
Tax policies for industrial investment Dr. Ikramul Haq[*] Pakistan needs rational tax policies, having both short-term and long-term goals, to achieve self-reliance, which can only…
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…
Budget 2001-2002
Tax Policy Imperatives Dr Ikramul Haq[*] “Although successive governments have made attempts to narrow the revenue-expenditure gap by taking new fiscal measures in the federal…
Budget 2001-2002
Tax Reforms: Needs & Challenges Dr. Ikramul Haq[1] There is a national consensus that existing tax policy needs to be reformulated to provide an equitable,…
Tax Policy and Development Strategy
Dr Ikramul Haq[*] It is a matter of great tragedy that our economic managers never thought of using tax policy as a tool of economic…
Manufacturing, Mining and Investment
The growth performance of overall manufacturing in general and large-scale manufacturing to particular has been lackluster at best in the 1990’s. After growing at an…