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Tax Imposed On Mobile Phone Calls Will Affect Poor Section Harder

Tax Imposed On Mobile Phone Calls Will Affect Poor Section Harder

The government’s proposal to increase taxes on mobile phone calls will hit prepaid customers, especially those from the lower-income group, the hardest. According to the detail, the finance minister had announced the imposition of additional federal excise duty (FED) at the rate of 0.75 per 5 minutes on mobile phone calls. The industry protested the … Read more

Mobile phone users to pay at least 38% more for calls above 5 minutes

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KARACHI: The government’s decision to impose an additional federal excise duty on call duration above five minutes would become 38 per cent costlier for the mobile phone users that would further go up after every five minutes, industry sources said on Saturday. At present, the tax on a mobile phone call is Rs1.97 inclusive of … Read more