Sales Tax Calculator
Sindh Sales Tax on Services
Pakistan, Sindh: telecommunication: 19.5% standard rate: 15% reduced and special rates: 8% 5% 3% 2%
This page covers sales tax on services in Sindh. Pakistan's federal sales tax on goods is a separate tax.
Tax calculator needs two values. You can e.g. fill in tax % and price - and get price before tax as result. Price before tax and price are rounded.
You can also choose the tax % by clicking the percentage in the table below.
Pakistan, Sindh | |
| telecommunication | 19.5% Telecommunication services, including specified telephone, mobile, internet and data services. |
| standard rate | 15% Most taxable services not qualifying for a concessionary rate. From 1 July 2026, this includes most construction services, except ready-mix concrete, dredging and rock or silt removal services, as well as transportation of petroleum oils through oil tankers. Accounting, auditing, bookkeeping and certain maintenance services also fall under the standard 15% rate. |
| reduced and special rates | 8% Includes qualifying restaurant services paid through debit or credit cards, mobile wallets or QR scanning, beauty and physical well-being services, and specified legal, tax-consultancy, insolvency, real-estate, design, security, cleaning and other services under the conditions in the Second Schedule. 5% Includes specified services such as certain transport and logistics activities, motor-vehicle third-party insurance, qualifying pharmaceutical distribution, educational support services under CPC 9292 and other services expressly listed at 5%. 3% Includes education services under CPC 921–925 where annual fees exceed PKR 500,000 per student, other qualifying education and training services, foreign-exchange spread services, qualifying real-estate rental or leasing services, specified IT-related services and insurance brokerage services. 2% Applies to specified insurance agency services and certain other narrowly defined concessionary services. |
| Past changes: | |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Concessionary rates are revised: insurance agency services fall to 2% and brokerage to 3%; legal, tax-consultancy, insolvency, beauty and physical-wellbeing services are subject to 8%; accounting and auditing move to 15%. Most construction services and oil-tanker transport also move to 15%, while ready-mix concrete and dredging remain at 8%. Property developers remain subject to fixed area-based charges. Qualifying education services are subject to 3%, while educational support services under CPC 9292 remain at 5%. Sindh Revenue Board, Sindh Finance Act 2026 |
| 1 Jul 2024 | The standard Sindh sales tax on services rate increases from 13% to 15%. A reduced 8% rate is introduced for restaurant services paid by debit or credit card, mobile wallet or QR scanning, without input tax adjustment. EY, Pakistan adopts changes to Provincial sales tax laws |
Note! The VAT information on this page is general information, not tax advice. The information is not exhaustive. VAT rules include many exceptions and special cases. Check the treatment of your situation in the tax administration's guidelines. Information last checked 22 Sep 2026.
Pakistan, Balochistan | ||
| higher rate | 19.5% | |
| standard rate | 15% | |
| special and reduced rates | 10% 8% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% | |
Pakistan, Islamabad Capital Territory | ||
| standard rate | 15% | |
| reduced rate | 5% | |
https://www.fbr.gov.pk/Categ/The-Islamabad-Capital-Territory-Tax-on-Services-Ordinance-2001/771
Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
| telecommunication | 19.5% | |
| standard rate | 15% | |
| special and reduced rates | 10% 8% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% | |
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