The government will be charging every mobile phone service user a 15% withholding tax when they top up their credit, sources within the finance ministry told Geo News on Tuesday.
According to the sources, a Rs100 recharge will now yield an account balance of Rs86.09.
The federal government will receive taxes of more than Rs43 billion this way, the sources said.
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