ISLAMABAD – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has formally introduced a new facility allowing eligible individuals in Pakistan to pay sales tax on imported mobile phones in monthly installments to regularise unregistered devices.
Under amendments to Customs General Order (CGO) No. 01 of 2019, applicants liable to pay sales tax on imported mobile phones through the Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) can opt for instalment payments when submitting their applications.
According to the official notification, the sales tax will be divided into equal monthly installments based on the number of months remaining in the financial year, including the month in which the application is submitted.
The first installment must be paid through the Payment Slip Identification (PSID) generated when applying through DIRBS. Subsequent instalments will require separate PSIDs generated on the corresponding date of each following month. If a month does not have the relevant date, the PSID will be generated for the month’s final day.
The FBR has made it mandatory for applicants to clear all outstanding instalments before June 30, the end of the financial year. Individuals can also pay any or all instalments in advance.
However, failure to pay an instalment by its due date will result in the applicant being declared a defaulter. In such cases, the mobile phone will be treated as an unregistered device and may be blocked through DIRBS.
The notification further states that any remaining sales tax will immediately become payable in full if an instalment is missed, and the applicant will lose the facility to pay through instalments.
For devices imported in June, the entire sales tax must be paid before the end of that month.
For example, if a person applies to register an imported mobile phone in October 2026 and the total sales tax is Rs 60,000, the amount will be divided into nine equal monthly instalments of Rs 6,666.67, covering October 2026 through June 2027.
Total sales tax: Rs 60,000
Number of instalments: 9
Monthly instalment: Approximately Rs 6,666.67
Final payment deadline: Before June 30, 2027
