Are taxes permissible in Shari’ah ? : does Islam prohibit tax on income ?

Fatawa Question

Salams This is Riaz from Pakistan. In our country lot of Taxes are implemented to generate the revenue for running the government and also bettering the life of countrymen. Exemples of Taxes are ; 1. Import duty, custom duty 2. Sales tax (calculating upon the sale of product) 3. Income tax (calculating upon the income of an individual) 4. Additional tax (this is tax on tax) And lot of other taxes that have been paid by an individual to the provincial, district governments. What Islam says upon these taxes ? I will thankful to you for your reply at earliest.

Fatwa

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Publication Date

2007-11-20

Main Subjects

Economics & Business Administration
Islamic Studies

No. of Pages

2

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-786671

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Qahf, Mundhir. 2007-11-20. Are taxes permissible in Shari’ah ? : does Islam prohibit tax on income ?.
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