VAT plan to go ahead: Finance Adviser

ISLAMABAD: Dr Hafeez Sheikh, the prime minister’s Adviser on Finance and Revenue, has said that the government is not considering any alternative plan in lieu of value-added tax because it was determined to introduce the levy in July.

Talking to media after a seminar here on Saturday, Dr Sheikh said that plans had been prepared to book non-filers of tax returns and there would be no compromise over tax evasion.

He said it was in the interest of the country to improve tax collection and work out methods to document the economy.