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Supreme Court of Pakistan 2024 Finance Act, 2018

2024 PTD 306

levy on imported phones
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS AND ANOTHER
Appellant
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MESSRS YOUNG TECH PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS
Respondent

Case Laws / Head Notes / Paras

S. 10 [as amended by the Finance Act (XIII of 2022)]---Mobile handset levy on imported phones---Levy on ordinary phones other than smart phones---Legality---Respondents had imported mobile phones and were aggrieved by the imposition of mobile handset levy under section 10 of the Finance Act, 2018 ("Act") on mobile phones that were admittedly not smart phones---Section 10 of the Act imposed mobile handset levy on smart phones supported by a table which gave categories of smart phones and the rates of levy per set---Subsequently in the Finance Act, 2022, the table of section 10 was amended and the amended table replaced the words "category of smart phone" with the words "Mobile Phones having C&F Value (US Dollars)"---Stance of the department was that by changing the table, it had been co...