Well Done! PTA opposes the purchase of any iPhone 13 model in Pakistan. If you wish to import the gadget, PTA has revealed the payable taxes for all varieties of the iPhone 13, and it appears as though they are challenging anyone to even consider purchasing it.
PTA just announced the DIRBS tax for iPhone 13 variants and the taxes they announced are;
- Apple iPhone 13 Mini (All Variants) Tax Payable: 108,000 for Passport holders and Rs. 132,000 for National ID holders.
- Apple iPhone 13 (All Variants) Tax Payable: 108,000 for Passport holders and Rs. 132,000 for National ID holders.
- Apple iPhone 13 Pro (All Variants) Tax Payable: 108,000 for Passport holders and Rs. 132,000 for National ID holders.
- Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max(All Variants) Tax Payable: 108,000 for Passport holders and Rs. 132,000 for National ID holders.
These taxes are supposed to be paid within 30 days of the importation if you are registering the phone on your passport and within 60 days if you are registering them on your ID card.
Phones are already significantly more expensive in Pakistan than elsewhere in the world due to the currency inflation there and the global increase in the cost of electronic gadgets, and the so-called “Low-range phones” have been outlawed. The lack of domestic assembly facilities also results in higher prices from the companies, higher import costs, and other factors. All of these elements make phones more valuable than they should be in comparison to contemporary norms, yet they aren’t even the most expensive part of purchasing a phone in Pakistan.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority(PTA) takes like 30-40% DIRBS tax on all imported phones if you are to use them in Pakistan. This thing is insane to think as the government has failed to encourage the foreign investors and tech giants to open any assembling units in Pakistan let alone a manufacturing plant and for their own incompetence, they bully us into paying these crazy taxes.
