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      <title>Budget 2022-23: Imported mobile phone tax goes up</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to impose new taxes on  mobile phones based on their cost and freight (C&amp;amp;F) value.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The rate of levy per set on mobile phones is
C&amp;amp;F value between $30 and $100 will be Rs200
C&amp;amp;F value between $101 and $200 will be Rs600
C&amp;amp;F value between $201 and $350 will be Rs1,800
C&amp;amp;F value between $351 and $500 will be Rs4,000
C&amp;amp;F value between $501 and $700 will be Rs8,000
C&amp;amp;F value of above $701 will be Rs16,000.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Under the proposal, there will be an increase in excise duty on local cigarettes as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The excise duty on club, business, and first-class air tickets has also gone up in the range of Rs10,000 to Rs50,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was proposed to increase the excise duty on telecommunication services from 16% to 19.5%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The tax on banks has been proposed to increase from 39% to 42%. A proposal to increase the tax on banking companies was also included in the budget, and a one-time tax on high-income earners was proposed to reduce poverty.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to impose new taxes on  mobile phones based on their cost and freight (C&amp;F) value.</strong></p>
<p>The rate of levy per set on mobile phones is
C&amp;F value between $30 and $100 will be Rs200
C&amp;F value between $101 and $200 will be Rs600
C&amp;F value between $201 and $350 will be Rs1,800
C&amp;F value between $351 and $500 will be Rs4,000
C&amp;F value between $501 and $700 will be Rs8,000
C&amp;F value of above $701 will be Rs16,000.</p>
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<p>Under the proposal, there will be an increase in excise duty on local cigarettes as well.</p>
<p>The excise duty on club, business, and first-class air tickets has also gone up in the range of Rs10,000 to Rs50,000.</p>
<p>It was proposed to increase the excise duty on telecommunication services from 16% to 19.5%.</p>
<p>The tax on banks has been proposed to increase from 39% to 42%. A proposal to increase the tax on banking companies was also included in the budget, and a one-time tax on high-income earners was proposed to reduce poverty.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2022 15:53:48 +0500</pubDate>
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