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OECD, Pakistan & tax evasion

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international organization dedicated to promoting economic development and cooperation among its member countries, conducts extensive research and analysis on a wide…

Got taxes? Post-budget survival guide

Are you feeling disgusted and enraged post-budget 2024? Because every salaried person in the country rightfully is. We have known for decades that there is a need to broaden the…

Taxes – and more taxes

As a wise man once said, the only thing certain in this world is death and taxes -- and if you happen to live in Pakistan, it is even more…

Regressive taxes, neglected reforms

Pakistan’s reliance on bilateral, trilateral, and friendly countries to fulfill its financial requirements not only undermines its sovereignty, but also intensifies the hardships of its citizens. Despite engaging in numerous…

Taxation in Pakistan: taxing the untaxed elites

Chris Matthews’s famous quote “Paying tax is not a punishment. It’s a responsibility”. Most developed countries with a simple and efficient tax system enjoyed higher GDP growth, investment and employment…

Budget: rationalise taxation

On the eve of another ritual exercise of announcing federal budget, official date has yet to be finalised, expected on June 12, 2024, there is a need to re-evaluate tax…

Budget & tax policy

‘The impact of economic growth on the lives of people is partly a matter of income distribution, but it also depends greatly on the use that is made of the…

Low taxation of property

The recent revelation of massive investment in property by Pakistanis in Dubai of over $11 billion has not only raised issues of the exit of capital from Pakistan but also…