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" DEVELOPMENT OF TAX CULTURE--     DEVELOPMENT OF TAX CULTURE-- NEED OF LEGISLATION   By   Muhammad Arshad Naseem Khan, Tax Advisor, Karachi   It is very important before commenting, advocating and opine on Tax Culture', we must understand this said term.   The National exchequer (Federal Board of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce & Trade in particular and other Government Machinery including Legislatures) , inadvertently and erroneously not only misleading themselves but misrepresenting , miscommunication , misquoting and mispropagating before the nation by emphasizing and concentrating only in saying.   "DEVELOP THE TAX CULTURE IN PAKISTAN THROUGH PAYMENT OF YOUR DUE TAXES AND FULFILLMENT OF YOUR FINANCIAL AND TAXATION OBLIGATIONS AS ENVISAGED UNDER THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS CONTAINED UNDER DIFFERENT FISCAL LAW ENFORCED FOR THE TIME BEING IN PAKISTAN"   From the above one can easily drew an 'inference' that this (tax culture) is deemed to be a One way traffic, having said that one can explain as just continue to pay your due taxes and follow all the aforeiaid fiscal laws and the National exchequer is only and only available here for -   MAKING LAWS, IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF, COLLECTION OF TAXES AND RECOVERY OF ADDITIONAL TAXES, PENALTIES, SURCHARGES, ETC.   Hence, it connotes that   A compulsory contribution (by the Taxpayer) to state revenue, levied by the government on personal income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions is being in practice in one way or the other, But, we have NOT yet achieved or touched the boundaries of   a refined understanding or appreciation of this (tax culture).   Now, question arises, against whom these…