Govt increases tax on mobile recharge
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Govt increases tax on mobile recharge
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The government has increased the tax on mobile recharge and consumers will be charged an additional 15 per cent withholding tax on each recharge.
According to the sources issued by Ministry of Finance, an additional withholding tax of Rs9.3 is imposed on recharge of every card costing Rs100. The Telecom companies have announced to levy additional tax on balance recharge and now on a recharge of balance Rs100 the consumers will get a balance of Rs86.9.
In this regard, text messages are being sent to consumers by various telecom companies informing them about the tax hike.
