Monday, December 23, 2013

Pakistan politician pays £10 in taxes...

Super-rich politicans are paying minicisule amounts of tax in Pakistan, if they pay tax at all

Almost half the members of Pakistan’s national and provincial parliaments did not pay any tax last year, according to the latest survey of MPs’ finances.

More than one in 10 does not even have a National Tax Number and even those that do pay up offer paltry amounts.

Although the results are an improvement on last year’s numbers, the figures will cause outrage in an impoverished country where a third of the population survives on less than 30p a day and will anger donors who provide billions of pounds for basic services.

 British aid to Pakistan has soared in the past two years and earlier this year MPs recommended that the government only increase payments further if Pakistan improves its collection rate. Full story...

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