The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued customs values of various models of mobile phones for the collection of duties and taxes.
Pakistan Customs, in this regard, has issued a valuation ruling for determination of values so that cell phones can be cleared in a speedy manner. The valuation has been issued in the wake of regularization of cell phones by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), as immunity had been given to register unauthorized phones by December 31, 2018.
PTA has started blocking cell phones with unauthorized IMEI numbers from December 1, 2018, but those phones which entered Pakistan without proper customs clearance have been allowed to be cleared from PTA after payment of duties and taxes.
Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry, confirmed that overseas Pakistanis can bring their personal phones with them without having to pay taxes, however, they will be required to pay customs for additional phones.
He went on to say that Pakistan imports mobile phones worth $2 billion annually and the country cannot go on without taxing such a major chunk of its imports, suggesting that people will have to adopt the taxation culture.
Fawad confirmed that a cheap smartphone that costs about $50 will have a negligible tax but expensive phones will be taxed by as much as 38 percent of their listed valuation at Customs.
The latest valuation covers around 186 different types and models of mobile phones. The maximum value of $770 has been set for Samsung Galaxy Note-9 for the collection of duty and taxes.
State Minister for Revenue also confirmed this and explained the procedure for phones that are brought by overseas visitors.
For benefit of people travelling into Pak from abroad, the mobile tax policy for you is:
1) One phone allowed to be registered as duty free 2) No Registration/Duty needed on any phone(s) using roaming 3) No Reg/Duty needed if phone(s) to be used in Pak for less than 30 days.— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) December 11, 2018
Duties and registration can be done at either the airports or in any of the Custom Houses across Pakistan. Phones are not detained during the process of registration or duty payments.
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) December 11, 2018
Also, no registration/duty required on any phone that was activated or ever used in Pak before the 1st of December 2018.
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) December 11, 2018
Customs authorities said that the valuation ruling would facilitate foreign passengers, and cell phones brought through courier services.
The complete list of phone valuations can be seen below:
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700$ duty on note 9 :D jitnye ka phone hai utnye ki duty wah :)
Thats the value of the phone $770. Customs will be collected according to this value
agreed i have same point of view but in document header is “customs value” by rule 20% duty which would be 154$ apx. 21000 PKR duty
I hear they saying 38% duty.
How much duty for the older phones which are not listed here?
Same case for older too.
New and Old phone have same tax.
Formula for mobile Tax on the phone having worth 24278:
Custom duty: 250
Regulatory duty: 20% of total cost
ST: 1500
AST: 3% of total cost
IT: 9% of total cost
Mobile levy: 1000
Punjab tax: 0.9% of total cost
total tax paid ‘10,969’.
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so overseas Pakistanis carries 2 cell phone for personal use and are just there fro couple of weeks dont need to pay duty? correct?
What about Oneplus? We have official distribution here…. Also what about devices that may not be PTA Type approved, like ASUS models?
What if go to abroad and bring a new phone for myself, do I still have to pay the taxes?
no. 1 mobile duty free per year per person
Agar Hamari Govt. ki yehi policies jaari rehi tou Pakistan mein Mobile Phones khareedna impossible hojayega.