Comments on: Pakistan Telecom Authority shows futility of raising mobile taxes

By: Rohan Samarajiva

Rohan Samarajiva — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:52:28 +0000

We were informed by the PTA chair Dr Yaseen at the recent LIRNEasia@5 conference that this study was used to successfully persuade the Pakistan Ministry of Finance to reduce taxes.

By: Higher Taxes Lead To Lower Revenue: PTA Shows Futility Of Raising Mobile Taxes | Desi Blog For Desi Crowd

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:58:22 +0000

[...] LIRNE Asia notes the efforts of PTA to convince the government that raising taxes will not result in more money coming in – the reverse is actually true as the Pakistan government got less revenue from the mobile market after tax increase. The Pakistan Telecom Authority in their December 2008 quarterly review gives the reasoning behind the government’s decision to impose high taxes on mobile phone use. To reduce the high fiscal deficits, the government had increased taxes. The increase for the telecom sector was over 40 percent; for other sectors it was only seven percent. However, the end result was unexpected, though it could have been predicted from economic theory. In the two quarters after the tax increase, the tax revenue from mobile declined. [...]

By: Higher Taxes Lead To Lower Revenue: PTA Shows Futility Of Raising Mobile Taxes - pakistantelecomexpo.com

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:15:42 +0000

[...] To Lower Revenue: PTA Shows Futility Of Raising Mobile Taxes June 26th 2009 | Posted by LIRNE Asia notes the efforts of PTA to convince the government that raising taxes will not result in more money [...]

By: Higher Taxes Lead To Lower Revenue: PTA Shows Futility Of Raising Mobile Taxes | Tea Break

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:35:55 +0000

[...] Lead To Lower Revenue: PTA Shows Futility Of Raising Mobile Taxes June 25th, 2009 // LIRNE Asia notes the efforts of PTA to convince the government that raising taxes will not result in more money [...]

By: Babar Bhatti

Babar Bhatti — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:19:25 +0000

The blogger community has been writing about this but apparently the government does not read their blogs. Just this month the govt tried to impose a tax on sms!