The government is also imposing duties on hundreds of goods and services, including hotel-restaurant services, internet services, soft drinks, cigarettes.

An order has been issued in this regard. Ordinance Addition Taxes and Supplementary Duties (Connection) Ordinance 2025 and The Excise Android Salt (Connection) Ordinance 2025. After this Ordinance, the VAT Department of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued instructions in this regard. As a result, the changes in this ordinance have come into effect.

The National Board of Revenue has planned to increase VAT on some goods and services to comply with the International Federation of Merchants (IFM) conditions. The report given by the advisors to the NBR has been made, which will have to be paid.

This may further increase the cost of living of the common man. For example, the increase in supplementary duty on mobile phone services will increase the cost of talking and using the internet. Again, the price of clothing may also increase. The cost of restaurant food will also increase.

In addition, the list of price increases will include sweets, medicines, LP gas, fruit juice, drinks, biscuits, spectacle frames, cigarettes and various other products.

Earlier, on January 1, the NBR’s proposal to increase VAT and supplementary duty was passed in the meeting of the advisory council of the current interim government. After the approval of the Chief Advisor and the President, subject to the opinion of the Law Ministry, it has been issued in the form of an ordinance. Since there is no National Parliament, the government has taken this decision to increase customs and taxes through an ordinance.Where the cost will increase

Until now, supplementary duty was imposed at the rate of 20 percent on the use of mobile phone SIM or RIM cards. This has now been increased to 23 percent. As a result, the cost of talking on mobile phones and using the internet will also increase. VAT on bills of ready-made clothing outlets of brand shops and shopping malls has been increased from 7.5 percent to 15 percent. In addition, VAT on all types of restaurants has been increased from 5 percent to 15 percent.

The list of customs duty increases also includes tissues, cigarettes, nuts, mangoes, oranges, grapes, apples and pears, fruit juices, any type of fresh fruit, paints, detergents, dyes, liquor bills, potato flakes, plastic and metal frames of glasses, reading glasses, sunglasses, electrical transformers and the oil used in them, electricity poles, CR coils, GI wires, etc. Apart from this, travel tax has also been increased.