My understanding is that income taxes discourage earning. When income taxes are increased, people discourage to earn more, which negatively affects national income and finally social welfare. Reducing indirect tax therefore can increase national income and as a trickle-down effect will reduce poverty.
Both income and consumption taxes (taxes on individual household expenditure) are components of an efficient tax system. There is no either or!
For details see:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329322496_Good_Taxation_and_Good_Governance_-_International_Experience_with_Tax_Reform
An economy with a high percentage of shadow economic activities will do well with indirect tax while an economy with very low shadow economic activities will make more from direct taxation.
Yusuf. which me developing countries indirect tax is t the best option. I agree since in countries like Sri Lanka, the informal sector plus the illegal sector account for about 87% of the economic activities.
I am also with you, but many argue another way because of poverty. I think with a certain modification, indirect taxes support economic growth faster than direct taxes on earnings, which may be sustainable and help poverty eliminate successfully.
Direct or income reduction will booster the economy, at the end every one better off
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