Islamic economic system: from principles to microeconomics and macroeconomics fields (59)

Continuation

Some of them analysed:

ü the taxation source of public revenue;

ü and its related issues.

For example, Abu Yusuf argued for a proportional taxation system in agriculture.

(731-798 years)

This is instead of a fixed levy on land.

Under those terms, the former was likely to:

ü yield larger revenue;

ü and facilitate expansion of land area under cultivation.

He argued for following the principles of:

o   justice;

o   and equity

in taxation.

Used from paper of Abdul Ghafar Ismail and  Noraziah Che Arshad