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.

Tax exemptions (?) for FATA/PATA

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The twenty-fifth amendment in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, officially called ‘The Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018’,…

Pakistan Day

Dream of an egalitarian state   Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq  While celebrating 79th National Day, many Pakistanis expressed bafflement as to how a…

Budget Proposals 2019-2020

Documentation/Broadening of tax base/raising number of filers/ According to 2017 census, our population is 207.77 million [provisional]. The dependent population of children under the age…

Ending woes of taxpayers

Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan presents a classic case study of failure in every sphere of governance— the inefficient State institutions are the root cause of…

Ending woes of taxpayers

Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan presents a classic case study of failure in every sphere of governance— the inefficient State institutions are the root cause of…

Overcoming fragmented taxation

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr Ikramul Haq & Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan Fiscally, Pakistan is a highly undisciplined country. The main reason is scattered taxation by multiple…

Agenda for survival

Dr. Ikramul Haq The main cause of our pathetic socio-political and economic situation is existence of inefficient, corrupt, repressive and criminal institutions, which do not…