Partly Facetious: He didn’t go at taxpayers’ expense
"Democracy is here at last!" "If you are referring to the London meeting of three men - the true leader, the heir apparent in the event that the true leader…
Pity the taxpayers
The chief justice of the Supreme Court expressed his annoyance over the huge number of surplus employees in the Pakistan Railways. A few days ago, he pointed out the dismal…
Taxpayers must be new VIPs of society
Recently there has been a blurring of the lines between public goods and private goods with the private sector stepping in to finance public goods and the public sector providing…
Of taxpayers & non-filers!
Non-collection of tax where due, is as detestable as its collection, where it is not due- CIT Companies, Lahore v State Cement of Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore 2002 PTD 1603…
Whither taxpayers’ money
In Pakistan, taxpayers' money is not spent for the purpose it is collected. It is wasted and/or abused mercilessly. A big chunk of it goes for debt servicing and for…
Maligning taxpayers
Our politicians and their crony bureaucrats keep on maligning taxpayers while the so-called "informed" analysts and all-knowing (sic) TV anchors join the bandwagon with often-repeated popular jargon that only "1%…
Misusing taxpayers’ money
Regardless of Pakistan's poor economic growth, rising poverty and inequalities, internal and external security threats and energy crises, extraordinary funds are made available to ensure that our rulers appear…
Happy taxpayers
A couple of months back, I heard the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue say at a pre-budget seminar that the FBR was confronted with the challenge of ‘why…
Make life easier for taxpayers
Our Constitution empowers the federal government to levy sales tax (GST in our case) on goods, and the provinces to collect such a tax on services. This constitutional division of…
Of the taxpayers’ list
On April 15, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) uploaded on its website a gigantic list of taxpayers. According to the preface of that list (written by the Finance Minister) "this…
