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PTA Mobile Registration Tax Calculator
Every duty and tax charged to register a phone in Pakistan.
PTA mobile registration tax is the total of customs duty, regulatory duty, sales tax, income tax and the mobile handset levy payable to register an imported phone's IMEI with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.
Your mobile device
Every charge for registering a phone in Pakistan
Tax year
Registration route
Passport is for a phone you carried in with your own luggage and are registering within 60 days of landing.
Device type
Phones are sorted by what they can do, not by whether they have a keypad. If your assessment puts yours in the other type, go with that.
Customs value
Official published C&F value: US$ 666. Very new models are not on the published list — use “Enter the value” and the figure from your own assessment.
Use the rate on your assessment. Sales tax is the only charge that moves with the rupee.
PTA tax rates by phone value — 2026-27
Brackets use the phone's published C&F value, or the higher value on your own assessment. Sales tax is the only percentage in the table, so it is the only figure that moves with the exchange rate — and it is charged on the full value, not just the part above the threshold.
| Phone value | Regulatory duty | Sales tax | Income tax | Handset levy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to US$ 30 | Rs. 240 | 18% | Rs. 100 | Rs. 100 |
| Above US$ 30 up to US$ 100 | Rs. 2,400 | 18% | Rs. 100 | Rs. 200 |
| Above US$ 100 up to US$ 200 | Rs. 6,000 | 18% | Rs. 100 | Rs. 200 |
| Above US$ 200 up to US$ 350 | Rs. 8,800 | 18% | Rs. 970 | Rs. 1,800 |
| Above US$ 350 up to US$ 500 | Rs. 12,000 | 18% | Rs. 5,000 | Rs. 4,000 |
| Above US$ 500 up to US$ 700 | Rs. 17,600 | 25% | Rs. 11,500 | Rs. 8,000 |
| Above US$ 700 | Rs. 17,600 | 25% | Rs. 11,500 | Rs. 16,000 |
Source: SRO 1064(I)/2026 · Income Tax Ordinance 2001, First Schedule Part II (Finance Act 2026) · Finance Act 2018, s.10 as amended to 2026. The income tax column applies only if you register with a CNIC.
PTA tax on popular phones
Worked out for 2026-27 on a new smartphone at Rs. 280 to the US dollar. Find something close to your phone, then enter your own model above.
| Phone | Official value | Sales tax | Passport route | CNIC route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 · 12 GB + 512 GB | US$ 1,489 | 25% | Rs. 137,830 | Rs. 149,330 + fine |
| Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max · 256 GB | US$ 1,070 | 25% | Rs. 108,500 | Rs. 120,000 + fine |
| Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra · 8 GB + 512 GB | US$ 1,043 | 25% | Rs. 106,610 | Rs. 118,110 + fine |
| Samsung Galaxy S23 · 8 GB + 256 GB | US$ 766 | 25% | Rs. 87,220 | Rs. 98,720 + fine |
| Apple iPhone 16 · 128 GB | US$ 666 | 25% | Rs. 72,220 | Rs. 83,720 + fine |
| Apple iPhone 15 · 128 GB | US$ 600 | 25% | Rs. 67,600 | Rs. 79,100 + fine |
| Apple iPhone 14 · 128 GB | US$ 490 | 18% | Rs. 40,696 | Rs. 45,696 + fine |
| Apple iPhone 13 · 128 GB | US$ 414 | 18% | Rs. 36,866 | Rs. 41,866 + fine |
| Samsung Galaxy A54 · 8 GB + 128 GB | US$ 281 | 18% | Rs. 24,762 | Rs. 25,732 + fine |
| Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 · 8 GB + 256 GB | US$ 124 | 18% | Rs. 12,450 | Rs. 12,550 + fine |
| Oppo A58 · 6 GB + 128 GB | US$ 122 | 18% | Rs. 12,349 | Rs. 12,449 + fine |
| vivo Y21 | US$ 97 | 18% | Rs. 7,489 | Rs. 7,589 + fine |
| Samsung Galaxy A05 · 4 GB + 64 GB | US$ 93 | 18% | Rs. 7,287 | Rs. 7,387 + fine |
| Infinix Hot 30 Play · 4 GB + 64 GB | US$ 89 | 18% | Rs. 7,086 | Rs. 7,186 + fine |
| Xiaomi Redmi 12C · 6 GB + 128 GB | US$ 79 | 18% | Rs. 6,582 | Rs. 6,682 + fine |
| realme C33 · 4 GB + 64 GB | US$ 75 | 18% | Rs. 6,380 | Rs. 6,480 + fine |
| Tecno Spark 10 · 4 GB + 128 GB | US$ 60 | 18% | Rs. 5,624 | Rs. 5,724 + fine |
US$ 500 is a cliff, not a step
Cross US$ 500 and the sales tax rate jumps from 18% to 25% — and the higher rate applies to the whole value, not just the part above 500. A single dollar more can cost thousands of rupees.
Visiting for a few months?
If you live abroad or are a foreign national, you can register one phone temporarily and pay nothing. It is tied to one nominated SIM and lasts 120 days, after which the phone is blocked. The same handset cannot come back through this option on another passport.
There is no filer discount here
PTA says filers and non-filers pay the same to register a phone, and no duty, sales tax or levy amount has a separate non-filer rate. If you register on a CNIC and are not on the taxpayer list, check the income tax line on your slip.
Pay within 7 days
Your payment slip expires after a week; when it does the application is deleted and has to be filed again from scratch. Separately, the phone must be registered within 60 days of first putting a SIM in it.
PTA mobile registration questions
No. PTA registers your phone's IMEI and blocks it if it is not registered — it does not charge you. Every rupee is FBR tax: customs duty, additional customs duty, regulatory duty, sales tax, an advance income tax and the mobile handset levy. Customs works out the total, the system issues a payment slip and you pay it at a bank.
Only because you skip the advance income tax, which can be up to Rs. 11,500. There is no discount for registering quickly. Registering with a CNIC also adds a fine whose amount is not published, so a CNIC figure is always a minimum.
Because you are not taxed on what you paid. The government publishes its own dollar value for each model and storage size and every charge is worked out from that, converted at the exchange rate on your assessment.
The published values were last updated for most brands in December 2023 and for Apple in April 2025, so very new models have no official figure. Switch to entering the value and use the dollar figure from your own paperwork rather than the shop price.
A phone must be registered within 60 days of first putting a SIM in it. The passport route additionally requires you to register within 60 days of arriving. Payment slips expire after 7 days.
The Finance Act 2026 allows registration tax to be paid in instalments before the tax year ends, but the rules setting out how it works had not been published when this page was last checked. Check on the portal before planning around it.
Where these figures come from
Every rate in this tool is read from the official documents below. Open any of them to check a figure yourself.
- PTA DIRBS RegistrationThe registration system itself — where a phone is registered, and blocked if it is not.
- PTA DIRBS FAQsSays in PTA's own words that registering early earns no discount, and that FBR sets the charges.
Fifth Schedule to the Customs Act 1969The entry that puts smartphones at 0% customs duty, with no conditions attached.- Pakistan Customs Tariff 2025-26Separates smartphones from other cellular phones and sets the standard Rs. 250 per phone.
- SRO 1064(I)/2026The regulatory duty amounts for each phone price bracket, from 1 July 2026 onwards.
- SRO 1152(I)/2025The regulatory duty amounts the calculator uses for the 2025-26 tax year.
- SRO 1063(I)/2026The 2026-27 additional-customs-duty rates, including the baggage and Fifth Schedule exemptions.
- SRO 1151(I)/2025The 2025-26 additional-customs-duty rates, including the baggage and Fifth Schedule exemptions.
- Sales Tax Act 1990Sets sales tax on registering a phone at 18%, or 25% once the value passes US$ 500.
- Income Tax Ordinance 2001The section 148 mobile-phone table, its amendment history, and the baggage-route exemption.
- Customs General Order 01 of 2024How registration works, the fixed value-added charge on the CNIC route, and the free 120-day visitor rule.
- Valuation Ruling 1834/2023The official new-phone value list, 1,160 numbered entries — superseded for Apple by the ruling below.
- Superseded Customs Valuation Advice (2021)Used only to map the ambiguous list-14 Mate label to part number W4003; not used for its values.
- EDB Mobile-Manufacturer ListRecords X Tell and Sea Shark as 2G brands; it does not classify their individual models.
- Valuation Ruling 1999/2025The newer value list that replaced the one above for iPhones specifically.
- Valuation Ruling 2070/2026The cheaper value list for second-hand phones — traders importing in bulk only.
- WeBOC Mobile Device DutyFBR's own lookup. Enter your phone's IMEI number for the figure that actually counts.
FBR IRIS PortalFBR's e-payment portal, where you pay the charges billed through DIRBS.
Rates last reviewed 20 August 2026 against the sources above. Found a figure that does not match the source? Report a correction.
This calculator gives an estimate, not tax or legal advice. Charges are worked out from the government's published dollar value for your exact model, not from the shop price, and a CNIC-route figure excludes a fine that is not published anywhere. Confirm the final amount on your customs assessment.
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