01834cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007490 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451974058 1934-7456 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Khan, Mahmood. Taxing Agriculture in Pakistan / Mahmood Khan, Mohsin Khan. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (30 pages) IMF Policy Discussion Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Pakistan's economic performance has been marred by persistently high fiscal deficits which have resulted largely from the inability to raise sufficient revenues. Agriculture is a dominant sector of the economy, but generates very limited revenue from direct taxes on agricultural producers. The paper first reviews the history of attempts to tax agriculture in Pakistan, the purpose of which is to underscore the difficulty in adopting and implementing a sound agricultural tax policy. It then examines various alternatives with regard to the taxation of agricultural land and incomes. Finally, it presents the outlines of a full-fledged agricultural income tax that could be implemented within the Constitutional framework in the next three to five years. Mode of access: Internet Khan, Mohsin. IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1998/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/1998/003/003.1998.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library