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>From: Malik Razaq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: nadeem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: Ahmad Naseer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], ISPAK >Executive Committee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: ISPAK: PTCL:Call Waiting harges >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:43:07 +0500 > >Dear ISPAK Members: >PTCL October 2k1 Telephone bills, include CALL WAITING Charges@ Rs. >750/- per PRI, payable from the date of activation of PRI's. >Happened with all ISPs? >Regards, >Razaq > >nadeem wrote: > > > Dear All, If you remember, I had cautioned everybody about the change > > in August 2001. However, nobody took notice of this. Under the new > > tariff, all computer equipment is subject to 5% custom duty and 15% > > sales tax. Clearing under chpt. 99, is not meant for organizations who > > intend to import for sale purpose. The matter has already been taken > > up with Mr. Salman Ansari, who has included the issue in the letter > > sent by MoST to CE. We need to take up the matter, may be with the > > Minister of Finance from ISPAk platform. Regards > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ahmad Naseer > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; ISPAK Executive Committee > > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:38 AM > > Subject: ISPAK: Sales TAX > > > > > > Monday, October 22, 2001 > > Top Stories > > Collectors directed to charge sales tax on import of computer > networking equipment > SOHAIL SARFARAZ > .......ISLAMABAD : In order to resolve a major tax ambiguity in > the information technology sector, the Central Board of Revenue > (CBR) has directed all collectors of sales tax to charge general > sales tax (GST) on the import of computer networking equipment > and data communication devices. The Sales Tax Department has > issued this ruling after receiving bulk of queries from the > leading importers of computer hardware, who were unable to > decide whether computer networking apparatus falls under the > exemption category or not. > .......Now, the department has issued these instructions for > levying GST on such equipment. > ....... The ruling issued by CBR on Saturday reads as "Serial > number 45 of the Sixth Schedule of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 > grants exemption to computer hardware including laptops, > notebooks, PCs, mainframes and their peripheral units and parts > thereof. Networking equipment and data communication devices do > not constitute peripheral units of computer hardware or parts > thereof having multiple uses/applications and therefore, are not > exempt from sales tax." > .......The CBR has also conveyed separately to the collectorates > of customs to follow the procedure adopted under the new order. > ....... The importers and suppliers of such equipment have out > rightly rejected this decision and demanded of the government to > review it in the light of the presentations earlier made by them > to the tax authorities. They were of the view that these devices > connect and operate only on the periphery of computers and allow > them to exchange information by executing specific tasks. > Technically, such equipment are passive in their function and > cannot carry out any task on their own. Networking equipment and > data communication devices are also peripheral devices to > computers and such falls within the definition of the computer > hardware. > .......In fiscal budget 2001-2002, the government has amended > First Schedule of the Custom Act to introduce a new PCT heading > 9908.0080, which attracted zero-rate customs duty covering items > relating to the computers networking, which were earlier treated > as apparatus of communication sector. The exemption of duty was > available to items encompassing LAN bridge, hubs and routers, > etc. The newly introduced Chapter 99 of the Pakistan Custom > Tariff has specified names of hundreds of computer related items > exempted from customs duty. > ....... Under the new Sixth Schedule of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, > the exemption of GST has been available to computer hardware > i.e. laptops, notebooks, PCs, mainframe and other peripheral and > parts thereof and computer software. However, the serial numbers > 45 and 48 of the Schedule do not cover LAN bridge, hubs, routers > and other networking equipment. > ....... The sales tax officials have refused to include > networking equipment in the Sixth Schedule on the grounds that > such items are not a part of computer hardware. On the contrary, > the customs authorities have already exempted networking > equipment from the payment of customs duty in fiscal budget > 2001-2002. > ....... Sources said that over 95 percent of the importers and > suppliers of networking apparatus were unaware of the fact that > such devices were not exempted from (GST). They continued to > avail this exemption on the presumption that such items are > exempted from GST. Both the buyers and sellers were treating > such equipment as exempted items. However, the situation will > become further complicated when the importers/suppliers will > face auditors and Charted Accountant Firms by the end of current > fiscal. > .......The First Schedule of the Custom Act was revised to > introduce a new PCT heading 9908.0050 in budget 2001-2002, which > attracted zero-rate customs duty covering items relating to the > computers and information technology. The exemption of duty was > available to the following items; computers, automatic data > processing machines, servers; LAN bridge, hubs, routers; > multi-static access units, SNA cluster controllers; software of > CD-ROM, magnetic tapes, diskettes and different types of items > related with the networking and computer peripherals. These > items were brought under the computer regime, which were earlier > treated under the communication sector. > .......The serial number 45 of the Sixth Schedule of the Sales > Tax Act, 1990 does not cover LAN bridge, hubs, routers and other > networking equipment. Under serial numbers 45 and 48 of the > Schedule, the exemption of GST has been available to computer > hardware encompassing lap tops, note books, PCs, mainframe and > other peripheral and parts thereof and computer software. > .......Copyright 2001 Business Recorder > (http://www.brecorder.com) > > [Image] > > > >-- >Fibre Net >Internet Services Provider >E-65, Defence Chowk, Walton Road, Lahore Cantt. 54810- PAKISTAN. >Tel: 042-6660066, 6677025 Fax: +92-42-6673553 >http://www.fibre.net.pk > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------- ISPAK -------------------------- ISPAK Discussion List. Members are limited to officials of ISPs and ESPs of Pakistan and select media representatives. -------------- http://ispak.net.pk -----------------------
