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Towards Self-Enforcing Islamic Tax System: An Alternative to Current Approaches نحو نظام ضريبي إسلامي ذاتي بديل عن النظم المساندة

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  • SAYED AFZAL PEERZADE

    (Head, Department of Studies in Economics, Karnataka State Women University, Bijapur, India.)

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In this paper an attempt is made to develop an alternative Islamic approach towards self-enforcing direct tax system. A number of Muslim countries are, at present, economically backward. Here resource mobilization efforts occupy a prime position. Taxation is one of the important means of mobilizing resources. It calls for a selfenforcing tax system which helps not only in raising the required revenue but also minimizes revenue leakage on account of tax evasion. It is defined as the one where efforts to evade one tax will automatically involve the taxpayer in other tax liabilities so great that evasion is not worthwhile. The system makes it to pay to be honest about taxes. Any approach towards a self-enforcing system qualifies itself to be called as the Islamic only when it essentially satisfies two conditions. First, it is necessary that in the perceived approach zakah should form the core of resource mobilization effort. Second, in addition to the current secular rules and regulations regarding rates, exemption levels, administration, etc., the approach should also incorporate minimum of the Shariah prescriptions. On one front of the Islamic approach, as developed in the present paper, zakah occupies a pre-eminent position, on the other front a gross tax on income, an expenditure tax and a withdrawal tax operate to support one another so as to reinforce the system. This approach makes taxpayers to pay at each and every stage of accretion, consumption and accumulation. هذه الورقة محاولة لتطوير بديل إسلامي عن النظم الضريبية السائدة لإيجاد نظام ضريبي ذاتي مباشر . هناك عدد كبير من الدول الإسلامية التي هي حاليا متخلفة اقتصاديا، ومن هنا تأخذ جهود تعبئة الموارد المالية مكان الصادرة. وفرض الضرائب هو واحد من أهم أساليب تعبئة هذه الموارد. يسعى النظام الجديد إلى نظام ضريبي مفروض ذاتيا، بحيث لا يساعد فقط على جمع الموارد المطلوبة ولكن يقلل أيضا من تسرب الموارد نتيجة التهرب من الضرائب، ويمكن تعريفه بأنه هو النظام الذي إذا ما حاول دافع الضريبة فيه التهرب من ضريبة ما وجد نفسه تلقائيا أمام ضرائب أخرى مما يجعل محاولته تبوء بالفشل، فهذا النظام يشجع إذن الشخص الأمير على دفع الضرائب. لا يمكن لأي نظام ضريبي ذاتي أن يسمى إسلاميا إلا إذا تحقق فيه شرطان. الأول ، لا بد أن تكون الزكاة فيه هي صلب جهود تعبئة الموارد. والثاني، يجب أن يحتوي على حد أدنى من قوانين الشريعة بالإضافة إلى القوانين الوضعية التي تحدد معدلاته ونصبه وإدارته . فمن جهة تحتل الزكاة موقع الصدارة في هذا النظام الإسلامي المطور في هذه الورقة، ومن جهة أخرى فإن الضريبة على الدخل والضريبة على الاستهلاك والضريبة على السحب يساند بعضها بعضا لتقوية هذا النظام. هذا النظام يجعل دفع الضرائب في كل مرحلة من مراحل زيادة الدخل والاستهلاك والتراكم

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  • Sayed Afzal Peerzade, 2005. "Towards Self-Enforcing Islamic Tax System: An Alternative to Current Approaches نحو نظام ضريبي إسلامي ذاتي بديل عن النظم المساندة," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 18(1), pages 3-12, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:18:y:2005:i:1:no:1:p:3-12
    DOI: 10.4197/islec.18-1.1
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    1. Andrew C. Worthington & Alsadek H. Gait, 2009. "A Primer on Islamic Finance: Definitions, Sources, Principles and Methods," Discussion Papers in Finance finance:200909, Griffith University, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics.

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