Overseas Pakistanis to pay tax on all their mobile phones

[TechMan]

This is actually due to Government incompetency as passenger data was leaked to register mobile phones so now they are penalizing people by even charging tax on first mobile.

 

[Trango Towers]

What receipt ? I did not understand what you are talking about. we are talking about expats who purchase mobile in country of their residence and pay all taxes and duty over there as per value of mobile phone. Why they should pay it again when travel to another country ?

Pakistan left it for custom officer to decide the value of phone so he can ask you to pay minimum amount for most expensive phone and vice vera if you give him bribe

Bro I am saying. If we expats bring a phone. Customs in pak should note down the phone model and IMEI number and give u a receipt of confirmation. Then at excit check your phone against the receipt that you havent sold the phone. If u have the phones listed no tax should be paid. If the phones are missing then pay the tax for selling the phones

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Bro I am saying. If we expats bring a phone. Customs in pak should note down the phone model and IMEI number and give u a receipt of confirmation. Then at excit check your phone against the receipt that you havent sold the phone. If u have the phones listed no tax should be paid. If the phones are missing then pay the tax for selling the phones

Idea is not bad but there is already long queue at airports so would not be easy to keep record of mobile phones of every passengers upon arrival and departure ..also mobile phones can be lost and stolen ..this tax is just to steal money from expats..you cannot be rich by selling one or two phones in used condition and i think people often give second hand phone to their relatives

 

[Trango Towers]

Idea is not bad but there is already long queue at airports so would not be easy to keep record of mobile phones of every passengers upon arrival and departure ..also mobile phones can be lost and stolen ..this tax is just to steal money from expats..you cannot be rich by selling one or two phones in used condition and i think people often give second hand phone to their relatives

I totally agree and yes people do hand phones to relatives....it was just a thought. Really they should tackle the crime and smuggling but instead they re targeting the innocent

 

[Devil Soul]

Well i have no issues with this rule, as i travel to Pakistan with my sim, which is auto roaming.. so the rule is for those who intend to use Pak sim in their mobile phones, while i am in Pak, i never use Pak sim & am still connected to the outside world, its better to get a portable pocket router while in Pakistan , as everyone uses VOIP these days....

 

[Sugarcane]

Under the previous policy, overseas Pakistanis were allowed to bring one phone to Pakistan without paying any duties under the Personal Baggage Rule, but this exemption was removed following reports of misuse of the scheme. There were reports of people stealing passengers’ data to register imported phones so they could avoid paying taxes.

The mofo tax-choors and their collaborators .......

 

[Verve]

Bro I am saying. If we expats bring a phone. Customs in pak should note down the phone model and IMEI number and give u a receipt of confirmation. Then at excit check your phone against the receipt that you havent sold the phone. If u have the phones listed no tax should be paid. If the phones are missing then pay the tax for selling the phones

I did that for a camcorder many many years back, late 90s. Custom wanted customs obviously, I said I'll be taking it back so Stamp it on my passport or whatever your procedure is. He made an entry under entry stamp and I showed the camcorder on exit (even though I wasn't asked to).

 

[Trango Towers]

Well i have no issues with this rule, as i travel to Pakistan with my sim, which is auto roaming.. so the rule is for those who intend to use Pak sim in their mobile phones, while i am in Pak, i never use Pak sim & am still connected to the outside world, its better to get a portable pocket router while in Pakistan , as everyone uses VOIP these days....

But I stay long periods in Pak...6months at a time so local sim is normal. This is just a pak issue. Globally this is not an issue so pak Gov needs to find a viable solution

 

[H!TchHiker]

This is very good ..I think there should be tax on expatriate income also...Many countries have taxed worldwide income on there citizens..

 

[Trango Towers]

This is very good ..I think there should be tax on expatriate income also...Many countries have taxed worldwide income on there citizens..

But within the double tax treaty rules. Example...if my income is in the UK and I pay UK tax then i am exempt from paying tax in Pakistan

 

[313ghazi]

My brother travelled to Pakistan on the 4th July. He purchased a local sim, used it, returned on the 22nd of July. Paid no taxes.

 

[H!TchHiker]

But within the double tax treaty rules. Example...if my income is in the UK and I pay UK tax then i am exempt from paying tax in Pakistan

Yes you are right. But we are in desperate time need tough measures

 

[313ghazi]

My Brother is coming on this eid. If he comes with his personal mobile and laptop will that be taxable?

No - not unless he stays more than 2 months.

 

[Trango Towers]

Yes you are right. But we are in desperate time need tough measures

Law should be tough. Equal for all and above all fair. Unless this happens Pakistan will not prosper. Pakistani people only understand the toughest of rules of law.

My brother travelled to Pakistan on the 4th July. He purchased a local sim, used it, returned on the 22nd of July. Paid no taxes.

60 day rule...u cannuse a local sim for 60 days and nothing. I spend 6months at a time so problem for me

 

[RoadRunner401]

Not even one mobile ??????????? this is not good...……………

This one is mine, this one is for the misses, this is for Chaha gee, this is for little one and this one is for the other little one and that one is for the bun in the oven, so you see they are all for personal use!! Overseas Pakistanis, were part of the smuggling that was costing Pakistan about a billion dollars/ year in loss revenue.