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Pakistan Imposes 5% Additional Tax on Telecom Services
Pakistan has announced to increase the tax rate on telecom services, a sector that is topping the taxed list, by 5 percent from July 1st, 2013.
According to Mr. Ishaq Dar, the Finance Minister, all telecom users will now have to pay 15 percent withholding tax, which was previously settled at 10 percent for last many years. Mr. Dar said that proposal has been incorporated into the finance bill after consultation with the concerned stakeholders. Mr. Dar, in his briefing to National Assembly today, said that this increase in tax can be reimbursed to the customers as it is adjustable in the yearly financial assessment of the individuals. List of Taxes on Telecom Sector After this increase in WHT, taxes on telecom sector are as following: WHT: 15 percent FED: 19.5 percent Total: 34.5 percent In addition to these government taxes, every cellular operator in the country deducts 7 percent service charges as well. 42% of Load Goes into Taxes A customer loading Rs. 100 card will be taxed as following: Initial Load: Rs. 100 Remaining amount after WHT (15 percent): Rs. 85 Remaining amount after Cellular Charges (7 percent): Rs. 78 After loading a Rs. 100 card, a customer will be left with Rs. 78 of credit for airtime usage. Out of Rs. 78, another 19.5 percent of FED is also deducted Remaining Amount After FED Collection (19.5 Percent): 58.5 Hence, a customer will have to pay Rs. 41.5 out of Rs. 100 in the name of taxes and service charges. This explains that how government is getting greedy about collecting taxes from telecom users. |
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