Demands
of property sector
Sir: Property sector stakeholders have threatened to go on
strike if the government does not accept their demands. Why is the government
even negotiating with such people? They have indulged in massive tax
evasion and have manipulated property prices to such an extent that the average
Pakistani can never even think of buying or building a house of his own. The
law says that those who evade taxes must be penalized, yet these racketeers are
forcing the government to accept their highly reduced property valuations and
grant them an amnesty. If the government gives in and announces an amnesty for
them, what message will it convey to those who have been paying their due taxes
all their lives? It should strictly enforce the law and penalize those who have
cheated on taxes and recover taxes and penalties based on the actual prices
paid. And it should ignore their threat of going on strike, even if they go on
strike for the whole year, the loss to the exchequer will be negligible.
SHAKIR LAKHANI
KARACHI
Printed in the Daily
Times, July 31, 2016
http://dailytimes.com.pk/e-paper/2016-07-31/lahore/5601/28801
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