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ISLAMABAD, Jun 14 (APP):Cellular subscribers across the country have hailed tax relief for customers
for 15 days ahead of Eid in the wake of Supreme Court decision regarding
suspension of taxes on mobile phone cards.
Cell phone service providers and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
will not charge any tax or charges on mobile phone top-up cards for a period
of 15 days, officials said.
Consumers can get complete Rs 100 credit on charging Rs 100 pre-paid
mobile card and easy load after tax deduction, he added.
The development comes two days after the Supreme Court restrained
FBR and cellular companies from deducting withholding tax and other charges
on prepaid cards till further orders.
”This is a very good decision as more than 140 million cellular phone
subscribers were concerned about taxes being deducted while recharging
the cards of mobile phone operators, a cellular subscriber Raziq Ali said.
He said, majority of amount was used to deduct when a subscriber recharges the
card or gets easy load to make phone calls, send Short Messaging Service (SMS)
or use mobile Internet.
A student Asma Azeem said,the reduction of Rupees 40 on Recharge of Card of
100 rupees pre-paid mobile card was so unfair and it was not the way to collect
money.
A shopkeeper Adil Ahsan said,people used to show displeasure over the deduction
when they get easy load from my shop. It is great that now people will get more balance
in the same price, he added.
It is good that tax relief has been given to a common man of the country, many other
subscribers said.