Tax delinquents
A resident of Alberta, Canada, has posed a question through email that deserves a detailed and satisfactory reply. The statement quoted in this mail, though based on misunderstanding, reflects sadly…
Overstating tax collection
Dr Shoaib Suddle, the federal tax ombudsman (FTO) has taken suo motu notice against the attempt to overstate tax collection number for the year 2010-11 by the Federal Board of…
Beyond reform?
Since the start of World Bank funded Tax Administration Reforms Programme (TARP), FBR has been making tall claims about its automation efforts. All the chairmen of FBR, who headed the…
Routine freaks and leaks
Freakishness is routine in the Punjab capital these days. Midway through the month of January, we had a young man falling from a plane on to a rooftop close to…
The perversity of extremism
“Nothing goes off suddenly; even the earthquakes set in motion from the depth of the earth to the rooftops of villages.” This line from a poem written two decades ago…
One rupee well spent
If we had our way, we would have had our Basant bash last Sunday, the second Sunday of February being the day when we would all climb up to the…
