Price of electricity is price of misgovernance
In July this year, the outgoing federal cabinet approved a 25.5 per cent increase in the base electricity tariff. The decision’s impact resulted in a hike in the August bills…
Doing away with GST on electricity?
It is already happening what was expected. People have come out against rising electricity bills. Protests may convert into anarchy. Does government have some immediate remedy? Although, problems are of…
Taxation and inflation
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has claimed collection of net revenue of Rs4,493 billion in the first eight months of the current financial year against Rs3,820 billion collected in…
Fixing the taxation system – Part IV
Among many compelling reasons for further devolution to the third tier is that citizens in a local jurisdiction are found to pay more taxes as they see that these are…
Taxation power and democracy
In the wake of an apparent economic crisis, caused by multiple reasons, particularly a killing self-inflicted political instability, myopic economic policies of last seven decades, unthoughtful actions and measures taken…
Harmful taxation of IT/telecom sectors
The Pakistan telecom sector contributes steady inflow of heavy tax collections under major heads like Activation Tax, GST/FED, the PTA fee & charges and others. The PTA has been advocating…
We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system — III
This is the third part of a series of articles on the subject ‘We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system’. Like the preamble to Part…
An unfair taxation system
ONE of the bigger issues with our tax system is the deep-rooted unfairness that has been built, by default but often by design, into the system. Those who are documented…
Budget 2019-20: Assessment of taxation proposals
The Budget of 2019-20 contains over a hundred proposals spread over 30 pages related to the granting of tax reliefs, measures to generate additional tax revenues and improvements in the…
Taxation measures
THE budget is a tough one. But it was expected to be. Our deficits — fiscal, trade and foreign currency — had to be addressed. Some of this is part…
