Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Miftah Ismail on Thursday stated that non-tax payers would not be allowed to purchase land in the country after July this year, reported state-run radio.
While talking to a private news channel, he said that the working middle class would be facilitated with the Economic Reforms Package, which would even help widen the tax net in the country.
“The tax amnesty scheme has been announced to bring more people in tax ambit, especially the tax-evading upper class of the country,” Ismail said as he shed light on the amnesty scheme.On Wednesday, the opposition’s censure of the government’s move to issue three ordinances offering tax amnesty was so severe that it adjourned the proceedings of the Lower House of parliament on to stem further criticism. The legislation was introduced as presidential ordinances on April 8.
Terming the move illogical, Pakistan People’s Party lawmaker Naveed Qamar questioned the need for passing the ordinances just 15 days before the announcement of the budget. Consequences of the amnesty scheme would be faced by the caretaker and the next elected government, he insisted.
Published in Daily Times, April 13th 2018.
