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.
Agenda for survival and growth
The main cause of our pathetic politico-economic situation is existence of inefficient, corrupt, repressive and criminal governments/institutions, which do not give a damn for the…
China’s lawfare against corruption and lessons for Pakistan (Part I)
By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which concluded on 6 November, was another historic milestone…
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…
Ability-to-Pay Principle of Taxation
Dr. Ikramul Haq[i] It states that if a given amount of revenue is needed to finance public services, then each taxpayer should contribute in line…
Ability-to-Pay Principle of Taxation
Dr. Ikramul Haq[i] It states that if a given amount of revenue is needed to finance public services, then each taxpayer should contribute in line…
Revenue Collection: Facts & Fallacies
Dr. Ikramul Haq[*] The worthy finance minister of Pakistan appears to be totally ignorant about the reliability of fiscal data prepared and fed to him…
IMF: New East India Company in Pakistan
Dr. Ikramul Haq[1] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is emerging as a new East India Company in Pakistan. It has decided to take over our…
IMF: New East India Company in Pakistan
Dr. Ikramul Haq[1] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is emerging as a new East India Company in Pakistan. It has decided to take over our…
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…
Perplexity of tax managers
Dr. Ikramul Haq The persistent failure of our financial managers and tax collectors to overcome fiscal deficit and remove fiscal imbalances has created a situation…