Yes, you are right. Further probe shows these are HUNTING CHARGES payable from the date of activation of PRIs.@ Rs. 750/ PRI. Regards, Razaq
Shahid Farooq Alvi wrote: > Dear All , > > Please clarify if call waiting is another issue or you people are > referring to "Hunting" facility ? > As we received a pending bill for hunting charges and not for "call > waiting " . > > Regards > > Dr Shahid Alvi > VP ISPAK (North) > > ================================================= > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Naeem Haq [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 2:50 AM > To: Malik Razaq > Cc: nadeem; Ahmad Naseer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ISPAK Executive Committee > Subject: RE: ISPAK: PTCL:Call Waiting harges > > Sir , > > It looks like no one really in ISPAK anymore ... this list itself has > lost its meaning . > I suspect that these new charges are imposed by the PTCL LTR region , as > noone else seems to have gotten it. > Personally , I feel that we should visit the GM and try to resolve the > issue . > > Thanks , > > Naeem Haq > NEXLINX > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Malik Razaq > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:01 PM > To: Naeem Haq > Cc: nadeem; Ahmad Naseer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ISPAK Executive Committee > Subject: Re: ISPAK: PTCL:Call Waiting harges > > Dear all: > What is the ISPAK stand on this issue? > Regards, > Razaq > > Naeem Haq wrote: > > Dear All , Whats happeing with these new charges on the PRIs which PTCL > is aiming to colect form the date of installation . Not only is this > absolutely wrong its also illegal . The big question here is if PTA > realizes this !! Naeem HaqNEXLINX > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]On Behalf Of Malik Razaq > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:43 PM > To: nadeem > Cc: Ahmad Naseer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ISPAK Executive Committee > Subject: ISPAK: PTCL:Call Waiting harges > > 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 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Naseer > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; ISPAK Executive > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. 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