Entries for June 2010

The progress of a country's revenue generation directly depends on the growth of its economy and the fairness of its tax collectors to deliver. However, at the broadest and lowest level of this enforcement lie a mass of people with different ideas, idiosyncrasies, historical traditions and daily experiences. This diversity is intertwined at the very top with governance manifested by its politicians, establishment, enforcement and intellectuals. Consequently, the tax culture of a country will always take the colour of its top tier.

This is to highlight the plight of this very poor and innocent man I found out last night. This is basically a story of a man, a taxi driver, from Rawalpindi abducted by people who have taken him to Charsada (Peshawar).