Pakistan's tax collection machinery is infected with lacunas of filers and non-filers, coupled with a regressive system that is highly inequitable and corrupt. The dilemma has graduated to post a staggering figure of 39% of people not filing their due returns, and seeking refuge behind the excuse of nil income. The reality is quite contrary, as many of them are affluent and duck down only to evade due taxation. In other words, the FBR is failing to capture the true wealth of its subjects, an aspect that time and........

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