In response to your letter dated 05-04-08 to forward anomalies of the existing tax laws, suggestions and proposals for legislation at national level, I hereby submit as under: 1. That, the information & Transparency Ordinance 2002 of Pakistan should be adopted & followed in tax assessment cases. 2. That in information/complaint cases, the case structure is made on basis of the information/complaint so in these cases especially the informer/complainant must be allowed to inspect tax proceedings, statements and other related records & assessments etc and to get certified copies thereof. 3. That, there must be meetings, seminars & workshops to induce the masses into paying more and more taxes to the state for protection, development, welfare and good governances etc. We should create a tax culture in our country. 4. That, the assets, statements, tax proceedings of income and other tax related records must not be hidden by tax departments, so the section No. 216 of the IT Ord/Act 2001 should be amended accordingly. 5. That, the tax department must not become protector & part of the tax evaders by protecting & hiding their records against tax assessment. 6. That fine must be imposed criminal proceedings must be initiated against the tax evaders to create a fear in future. 7. That, the concerned Diary clerk must issue diary number after receiving and entering the information, directly in office diary register with date and time under his signature and name. -MUHAMMAD IQBAL ZAKI, Lahore, April 30.