Property registration systems
Title is a legal term for a bundle of rights in a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or an equitable interest. It…
Property rights
Land is the most important asset in an economy, and in most cases is combined with capital. The basis for considering land as an asset rests on the system of…
Taxing immovable property
When the Prime Minister unveiled his economic reforms package on 5 April, 2018 one of the components was a major initiative to correct the valuation of real estate for the…
Taxing immovable property
When the Prime Minister unveiled his economic reforms package on 5 April, 2018 one of the components was a major initiative to correct the valuation of real estate for the…
Registration of ships and issues of tax liability
Registration of ships is an important area in merchant shipping. The subject is also governed by the UN Convention on conditions for registration on ships 1986. The convention lays down…
Case for All-Pakistan Unified Tax Service: PTI & innovative tax reforms
Generally the taxation system in developing countries witnesses low tax-to-GDP ratio owing to several factors such as high compliance costs, complex tax rate structures, multiple tax agencies and narrow tax…
Ease of doing business reform – II
The initiative taken by PM Abbasi on ease of doing business appears to be moving ahead. A steering committee constituted by Board of Investment (BoI) for the purpose will present…
Ease of doing business reform
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi seems to have fully recognised the criticality of 'ease of doing business' in order to attract investments and enhance exports. Recognising the slide in country's…
Ease of doing business in Pakistan
Basically, ease of doing business and cost of doing business are two main criteria which determining local and foreign investment in a country. Over the past decade Pakistan is experiencing…
Business: ease, cost and competitiveness
Considering the current state of the national economy and the highly pessimistic economic prospects projected for the current and subsequent years in the short run by various national and multilateral…
