The Punjab government has excluded the internet services used by the public, educational institutions, corporate sector and the software exporting firms from the sales tax on services.
According to a notification issued here on Friday, the Finance Department making amendments in the Punjab Sales Tax on Service Act 2012, exempted the internet services whether dialup or broadband including email, data communication network services (DCNS) and value added data services from the sales tax with immediate effect.
Furthermore, all charges payable on the international leased lines or bandwidth services used by the software exporting firms registered with the Pakistan Software Export Board will be exempted.
Data and internet service providers licensed by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority also would be excluded from the tax, the notification added.
