Punjab Revenue Authority has finally issued the notification for withdrawal of internet taxes, that it had announced back in June 2015. After promises, commitments, and several months of delay, an official notification was issued, we have checked with mobile phone companies.
With this notification, 19.5% sales tax on mobile and wireless internet, fixed line internet and other forms of internet is withdrawn.
Mobile phone companies have been notified of the change, and additional tax — that some phone companies were deducting — will not be deducted from now on-wards.
From the notification, it appears, that reversal of tax is applicable from current date and not since it was imposed on May 28th, 2015. However, we are still in process of getting this confirmed from relevant authorities and will update this story with further information.
With this development now KPK and Sindh are only two provinces that deduct 19.5% and 18.5% tax on internet respectively.
For your viewing, here’s the official notification from PTA for reversal of internet taxes:
Finally I can move to 20Mbps o/
And which is that 20Mbps connection? :p
Must be tw1 or fibre net connection in gulberg
Fiberlink based on TW. Should cost Rs 2850 for 20Mb.
WOW! SO much cheap..!! What do you think? You and Me 50 50 :D
xD Maybe they are available in your area? Have you confirmed?
I’m in Lahore Cantt (Army Area), No LandLine Internet Connection is allowed :( We can use only Wingle, 3G or 4G.
Why aren’t landline connections allowed? :S
Because my father is in army, the areas around the units and army houses it is not allowed. The reason is that the data can be stolen from the army computers as per my knowledge.
i live in cantt lahore, Sarfraz Rafiqui Road very next to core commander house and everything is allowed for us here, :D ohh because your father in military services that’s why. but cheers you have lots of other benefits.
also can you please reffer me to any details about that package or service you are talking about ?
Army always has its own stupid logic.
That’s why, the USA spent 3 billion dollars to locate the atomic bomb of Pakistan, but failed! :D
So army is hiding those bombs in kitchens of houses of residential areas of Cantt?
Let me tell you, ordinary army guys don’t know where those are. Only secret agency top officials and bomb makers know where those have been kept. So bring a valid argument for not having optical fiber cable laid in streets. Those wireless communication systems are more dangerous than burried cables.
army ki stupic logic ki waja sa hum bachay hova ha warna ap ka mulk bharat hamari jaaro ma beht chuka hota
Ugh! Army generals like musharraf sold this country. Stop worshipping army considering it sacred cow.
well no doubt mushraf indian agent did this thing……….
ptcl bb 2mb/2000 :(
2000 kese?
Fiberlink 20mbp totally unlimited? Or any cap?
Uncapped. Transfered a total of 1+TB in Nov.
Oh yes oh yes oh yes! :)
Dude this is a family forum
He is just happy about Reversal of taxes :)
Lagta hai itni khushiiiiiiiiiiii Bhai ko aaaaaaj tak nai hui
A teacher said, “Choti Choti Khusiyan Sy Life Enjoy Karna Seekhoo” :D Try to understand, Man!
Haha u nailed it man!
Lolz such btau?
Your answer is correct XD
Tujhe kyun dukh lahg gya hey us ki khushi dekh kar?
If i cant understand the humour you better need to stay out of it
aamir7: mere pass ptcl ka 2mbps package hai jis per 217 rupees WHT tax hai… kya yeh tax remove ho jay ga… please reply
What do you mean bro?
He mean to say witholding tax jo hai net pe aa raha hai woh khatam hogaye ga
l-lewd
One question though… will this tax be finished only on 3g/4g or will broadband users be free from it as well?
Also, will the sindh n kpk governments widthraw these taxes as well? I hope they do…
Propak should do efforts to get this tax finished off the face of pakistan as a whole! ;)
No tax on any internet service in Punjab.
Ooo even better then :)
Good initiative by Punjab, but our CM Sindh is sleeping a long nap due to Bhang and he will wake up no time soon and we’ll keep paying taxes for his Bhang n Chars.
shah sb bohot puranay hn.
Shah g uth gay hain
Woh bhangori kahien uth hi na jaye waisey woh apney uthney ki umer bhi cross kar chuka hai. Bro please elaborate it further, any notification any link? About waiver of tax in Sindh?
is it authentic news? it is not specificaly written sindh, its just says govt withdrawn taxes.
can any body confirm this?
*crowd cheering*
Thank You Raheel Sharif :D
ayyyy
hahahah well said :D
what the …. :)
Finally some good news.
As a low budget user, I can save upto Rs200 per month, now.
There’s definitely some dhandli involved in this. Dharna imminent /s
Strange. No one criticizing KPK govt. In any case IK is doing right. It might be a gimmick by showbaz sharif? is not it Janooniez?
The government is like a father, but here the case is strange. Baap Ko Bas Ek Hi Bety Sy Pyar Hai, Wo Hai Punjab….Baqi Sindh aur KPK live in the Pluto :D
Aisay tho phir Balochistan say sab say zayada pyar hay
What will be its impact on 3G and 4G package are we gonna see any reduction in price of packages ?
Yes Thats what i am thinking
We need more mobile operators in Pakistan after this merger.
Please Govt launch a new auction to provide these companies
Vodaphone (UK) 2nd
Turkcel (Turkey) 26th
Orange (France) 11th
and MegaPhone (Russia) 27th
Great
What about KARACHI? Any withdrawal or not in future Aamir Bhai?
I talked with Mobilink, Zong & Telenor helpline. All told that they didn’t receive any information about this :(
Well that’s really great but now pray k yeh awwaam ko mil jaye ! Tax lag tou foran jata hai but utarna is a really big issue.
Lol, Absolutely true bro. It’s now 3rd day & still telecos are deducting tax on 3G. I called them & they told there is no notification yet :(
Punjabioo ki to Eid ho gai…
Jese light aane ki khushi
Choolha jalne ki khushi
Pani aane ki khushi
Pakistanio ke naseeb mei sirf khushiyan e khushiyan hen :D
Should we expect the 3G/4G package prices to go down? I mean, the package which costs around 350 now should come down to 300.. no?
No way. It’s 5 days old news & telecos are still charging tax. I called Telenor, Zong & Mobilink, they all told that there is no notice on removal of tax :(
Is Data sims are being issued separately? i.e. without being counted in 5 sims
Great m/
still no news available on it on any Print Media.
I have received the invoice for DEC 2015 with Tax on it.
Please confirm if the above notification is valid.
Else stop teasing us with unverifiable news.