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<p> </p><p>The UK is helping to support Pakistan’s efforts to increase revenue collection
through a range of measures, including through expertise from HM Revenue and Customs.
The Government of Pakistan has already made progress including removing tax exemptions
worth 0.34% of GDP and publishing a directory of all taxpayers. It published its second
federal budget on 3 June which included further emphasis on increasing revenue from
9% to 15% of GDP by 2018, through new measures to widen the tax net and phase out
exemptions. Through these the government aims to raise additional revenue of over
$2.2 billion in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has also committed to increase
the share of GDP spent on education from 2% to 4% by 2018. This will help to get some
of the estimated 12 million out-of-school children across the country into education.</p><p>
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