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 reforms, budgets and constitutional questions — by Dr. Ikramul Haq, Huzaima Bukhari and Abdul Rauf Shakoori, including pieces first published in Pakistan’s leading newspapers.

PIDE: Fixing tax policy  

Dr. Ikramul Haq “Simplify taxes, reduce the cost of excessive documentation, open the economy for higher growth and employment, taxes will then increase….Not only is…

Taxes, not charity!

Huzaima Bukhari “We don’t do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments’ responsibilities”—Henning When, a German stand-up comedian Imagine a…

Welcome to WW III!

Huzaima Bukhari “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”—Albert…

Covid-19 pandamic relief measure

Revisiting advance/withholding taxes Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq After the Second World War, the provision of advance income tax was provided in the then…

Covid-19 epidemic

Economic-tax relief package      Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan is facing the brunt of Coronavirus outbreak as the country is in a partial…

Without being commanded?

Huzaima Bukhari “I have gained from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the laws”—Aristotle While driving in…

Through Iqbal’s eyes!

Huzaima Bukhari “Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim. Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny”—Allama Muhammad Iqbal…