The document presents a thesis analyzing the relationship between economic competitiveness and taxation in Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. The objective is to define and analyze how specific taxation systems in Pakistan relate to the country's competitive status using macroeconomic indicators and tax revenue and burden data. The hypotheses compare direct and indirect tax revenues as well as consumption, wealth, and labor taxes. The methodology analyzes tax revenues as a proportion of GDP based on Pakistani statistical bureau data, using graphical illustrations of tax revenue consumption and burden.

1. RELATIONS OF
ECONOMIC
COMPETITIVENESS
AND TAXATION IN
PAKISTAN
A THESIS PRESENTATION

2. Taxation Concept

Taxation is a way through which government
finances its spending by imposing some charges
on it’s citizens and business entities. It uses
taxation to promote or discourage certain
financial decisions. It is a way of raising revenue
by the government.

3. OBJECTIVE
The Dissertation deals with the analysis of competitiveness and taxation in the
possible correlation between those, in Pakistan.
The research is timely from the point that the role of different taxes being the
highest revenues of the budget has become more important in the
economic development in the recent years. Decrease and increase in
certain tax rates or changes in the taxation structure have relatively high
importance in modifying the competitiveness and economy of the country.
The objective of the dissertation is to define and also to analyse and group
the relations between competitiveness and taxation, by introducing the
specific taxation systems in Pakistan. From the aspect of the results
obtained the competitive status of the country for the years 2008 to 2013,
by using different macroeconomic indicators, tax revenues and burdens.

4. HYPOTHESIS
 HO:1
Composition of tax Revenues:
-Direct Tax Revenues
-Indirect Tax Revenues
-Social Contributions
 H0:2 Comparison of Tax Burden A/c to their
economic roles:
-Consumption taxes
-Wealth Taxes and labour taxes

5. PAKISTAN TAX REVENUE
Pie-Chart
Direct Taxes (89.4%)
Sales Tax (90.5%)
FED (96.1%)
Customs (100.1%)

6. METHODOLOGY

Analysis of tax revenues is carried out by expressing it in the
proportion of the GDP on the basis of data provided by
statistic bureau of Pakistan for the year 2008-2013.
The analysis is based on the graphical illustrations which show
the consumption of tax revenues and its burden.

7. PREPARED BY
AREEBA JAWAID