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The Weight of Tax Revenue in the Pakistan Economy

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  • A.H.M. NURUDDIN CHOWDHURY

    (Institute of Development Economics)

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This paper provides a general review of taxes in Pakistan with specht} reference to central government tax efforts. The weight of central taxes in national income and in the central budget is analysed using the tax data for the period 1948-62. Some suggestions are made about mobilizing more savings by raising tax revenues. Tbe Case for Raising tbe Weigbt of Tax Revenue In the developing countries, we usually find a fiscal system· where the relative weight of the public revenues in the total economy is meagre .and limited to certain sectors. This state of affairs tends to make fiscal policy weak as well as blunt. As increasing the effectiveness of monetary policy in underdeveloped countries presupposes organization and wide dissemination of monetary institutions, so a prerequisite for an efficacious fiscal policy is enhancement of the influence of taxes in the economy!.

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  • A.H.M. Nuruddin Chowdhury, 1963. "The Weight of Tax Revenue in the Pakistan Economy," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 3(1), pages 98-117.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:3:y:1963:i:1:p:98-117
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