Ifaza Waheed
The German Development Partner (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Gmbh),
Lahore
Pakistan
Research Article
Sustainable Development through Effective Tax Governance
Author(s): Ifaza WaheedIfaza Waheed
The objective of writing this paper is to share the two practical examples of the success stories that resulted in a developing country, Pakistan regarding boosting the tax revenues. The tax revenue figures of Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA), which is one of the Revenue Authorities in Pakistan, escalated vigorously by adopting effective measures in tax governance. The tax revenue trend of PRA enhanced exceptionally by developing and strengthening the capacities of Public Sector Withholding Agents in Pakistan through conducting awareness workshops for them in major cities. The numerical evidence shows an increase of 427% from the quarterly target assigned in the last quarter of the financial year 2016 in the public sector withholding tax figures of PRA. However, the untapped service sector of Beauty Salons in Pakistan has also shown an overwhelming tax payers’ response after these.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2472-114X.1000148