Task Force Reports on Direct and Indirect Taxes

In spite of some limitations and weaknesses, the Task Force reports on direct and indirect taxes have covered the large and highly complex canvas of tax administration competently. Their comprehensive treatment of issues, within the very short time given for their deliberations, is commendable. As the reports have underlined, the efficiency of the recommendations is likely to be seriously vitiated if individual components are selectively accepted or rejected and reforms continue in a piecemeal manner. Success of tax reform efforts depends on their implementation as an integral package.