More growth, more taxes – II
Distributive justice: Distributive justice or economic justice is an important function of tax policy. Economic justice relates largely to distribution of tax burden and benefits of public expenditure. It is…
More growth, more taxes
Every year before the announcement of annual federal budget-which has become an official ritual-plethora of tax proposals are received by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from trade and professional…
Our private sector
Budget cuts and sequestration have accelerated the growing interest in promoting international development through the private sector. As donor agencies reduce project spending and work within shorter time frames, they…
Fixing a battered society
The parlous state of official finances is the result of successive governments’ unfettered extravagance and failure to mobilise adequate tax revenues. They have lived it up by mortgaging the future,…
Budget 2014-15: Essential tax reforms – I
"If we want lower taxes for growth, then spending must be curtailed so that governments won't need so much money. The next time you hear a politician promise another tax…
More on the IMF report
Last week (April 1) I wrote about the IMF report and highlighted some aspects of it – in particular the contradictory statements, double speak, use of unpleasant language, and showing…
Reforming the HEC
It is disturbing that the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission cannot find a single suitable person for the position of chief economist. It is even more disturbing that the…
Taxation woes
Irrespective of the PML-N pledges contained in its election manifesto still displayed on its website and subsequent claims of adherence to the manifesto by Ishaq Dar after he took over…
‘Tax Justice Agenda’
The extending of extraordinary tax-free benefits to the powerful classes, failure to tap actual tax potential, indulgence in wasteful expenditure and funding of inefficient public sector enterprises are continuously pushing…
Ramshackle policies and compromises
Why is Pakistan under siege? If this siege is to be done away with what is likely to be the outcome for the population. Has the political system any role…
