[OT] Updated FBR/PTA Phone tax laws! buyers and sellers keep yourself updated!

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Disclaimer: Admins and Moderators although this kinda violates this subtopic, do not delete this thread, this thread was requested by Glorious Chicken on PG-Gamers discord, do not move this either.


I will keep this thread brief, as there isn't much to cover, i wont say much, but recently FBR or PTA tax laws have updated, i know i know, you are most probably tired again, angry from the government with all these taxes but guess what?

In the first time in so long, phone laws have been updated to make our lives easier, now the activation taxes of phones have dropped heavily, the activation or PTA approval is required if you want to use a phone properly, this is most likely done due to huge illegal imports of phones

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Now you may be asking, why make this thread? just leave it as it is, but the thing is, not everyone is an expert or has the time to look up to this stuff, mostly buyers, who are looking for a phone in this website may be purchasing a used phone from someone, not knowing, because of the tax fall, they may of have paid more money then the phone's actual phone seller price.

As my promise to keep this thread small, i will just send an image containing the basic activation costs
the first box refers to the phone's basic MSRP, and the second is the price added on to it

https://i.imgur.com/CyaX6Jv.jpg

( First line shows basic phone MSRP )
( Second line shows approval tax )

Right now, the most popular phones with the new modern tax laws are

Redmi Note 8, Redmi Note 8 Pro, Xiaomi Mi A3, Xiaomi Redmi 8A, Realme XT, and more. . . .
Dont believe me that the taxes have fallen?


Redmi Note 6 + 7 had starting costs of around 35k, not to mention ruppee was much much stronger, while the Redmi Note 8, which not only has a higher MSRP, starts with 30k for the full non base version, with a 10w charger ( upgraded edition ) this is not some "one time offer" either, Xiaomi knew this and planned its phones accordingly, still dont believe me?, the first two phones mentioned came 3 days earlier in Pakistan, then India, the place with the largest Redmi production plants.

Still think this is a bunch of bullcrap? lets calculate it:


https://i.imgur.com/jeKHPPw.png

Redmi Note 8 Pro goes for 40,000 lets calculate everything into dollars to make this simple. 40,000 rupees = 260 USD at the moment, now lets look at our tax rate, it specifies for phones that cost 200-300 there is a 40$ tax.

260 - 40 = 220$


Redmi Note 8 Pro base MSRP is 205-215USD / 1400 YUAN

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As seen, the taxes have hugely fell, by around 50% on the middle end, take this thread as you wish, rather thank me for bringing this into attention, or be a idiot and say :useless political gimmick article" and rant about the government, because i frankly do not care about your views, i am just bringing the tax information, i do not give a crap about the dollar rate i am just here to spread information.
 
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golabucha

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Useless political gimmick article with pti zindabad slogan . I can rant about how pti govt has made life miserable of common people but I will indulge in it . In any case remove this Imran khan zindabad thingy or I will go ahead and report this thread.
 

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since most probably this thread is going to be thrown out anyways, I'll just put in my $0.02.

1. I was asked to pay a tax of approx. 7800 on an LG G3.
2. I was asked to pay a tax of approx. 4000 on a Nokia 3100.
3. there is nothing zindabad about that entity mentioned above.
 

Rainbowistic

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Useless political gimmick article with pti zindabad slogan . I can rant about how pti govt has made life miserable of common people but I will indulge in it . In any case remove this Imran khan zindabad thingy or I will go ahead and report this thread.
Spend a minute of your already low IQ level to understand that i was being sarcastic there, everyone is allowed to have their own political views, if you do not find this useful, then shut up and there is no need to post on this thread, in any case, you are creating spam here and you should be the one deleting your post, taxes have fallen by 50% and your idiotic brain percives this as "useless political article", get a life.


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since most probably this thread is going to be thrown out anyways, I'll just put in my $0.02.

1. I was asked to pay a tax of approx. 7800 on an LG G3.
2. I was asked to pay a tax of approx. 4000 on a Nokia 3100.
3. there is nothing zindabad about that entity mentioned above.

As you clearly did not even give two minutes to actually READ the godamn post, i noted MSRP's not actual shop prices, old phones will still get taxes based on their MSRP, even phones such as the very old iPhones will get large taxes as they had big starting prices, it saddens me how quickly people just jump on the one piece of sarcasm which i highlighted and colored as a joke rather then taking the info and using it productively, since so many of you guys are immature, i have to remove that piece of text.
 
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YesBoss

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thanks for the information bro.....i'm not that good in english but i understood some of it......... hey people stop using politics in this gaming webs ......
 

Rainbowistic

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what about my 8k on my galaxy note 5 which was approved.

Yes, Galaxy Note 5 regardless of it being old, PTA uses the official market price, doing a bit of maths, you were taxed 40$, which means your galaxy note 5 falls into the 200-350$ MSRP category, which by doing a bit of searching, seems about right ( see imgur links posted )


I paid 31,400 on my galaxy note 10 recently

That is true, lets look at the MSRP of Galaxy Note 10, its 950$, now if you look at the chart | https://i.imgur.com/CyaX6Jv.jpg | your phone falls into the above 500$ category, so that means it gets a tax of 200$+ lets convert 200$ to pakistani rupees, and we get 200 x 155 = 31.000 rupees, and 400 rupees extra = 31,400



How Do I know duty of google pixel 1 nd Iphone x
Step 1: Look at MSRP, you can do this by going on google and searching "( phone name ) MSRP" you will get a result, for the Pixel 1 it says 750$. and iPhone X is 999$ MSRP

Step 2: look at the link i provided | https://i.imgur.com/CyaX6Jv.jpg | the first box says how much the phone costs, and the second box says the amount of duty on it both phones are above 500$ and will therefore get a 200$+ tax
so:

Step 3: simple maths


Pixel 1 = 750$ (msrp) + 200$ (tax) x Rupee = 147,000 ( actual price is much much lower now, due to it being a three year old phone, and rupee being stronger back then )

iPhone X = 1000$(msrp) + 200$(tax) x Rupee = 185,000 ( lower storage versions are cheaper, and as sites like goto say, 165k or higher, which means this is a accurate measurement )
 
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still it is cheaper than local market. One of a client at pg has purchased his iphone by paying 80$ for his shipping to pakistan. All other charged are his concerns, still he is saving 30000 rupees
 
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