Technical Note
BACKGROUND NOTE ON PUNJAB REVENUE AUTHORITY
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AREA :BUSINESS GOVT/INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
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LENGTH :11
LUMS No :16-306-2015-2
PUBLICATION YEAR : 2015
ABSTRACT:
Provincial sales taxation in Pakistan has gone through a series of reforms, and has recently been entrusted to the care of the revenue authorities. These revenue authorities are primarily concerned with the collection of GST on services, but they also undertake a variety of functions in an effort to reform the tax administration system in Pakistan. This note specifically focuses on Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA), an organisation created in 2012 to increase revenue collection from taxable services in the province of Punjab. By examining the creation, mission and function of PRA, the note highlights the various challenges facing provincial taxation in Pakistan and states the measures that are being initiated by PRA to tackle these problems.