Apple iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro & 16 Pro Max PTA Tax

Do you have any plans to get an Apple iPhone 16 Model from abroad and bring it back to Pakistan or courier it to your family? If YES, due to DIRBS, you’ll have to pay PTA tax in order to register it and be able to use it with your local SIM here in Pakistan after 2 months or your iPhone 16 series phone as good as it is, wouldn’t work with any local SIM in Pakistan. Then you’d have to try to use it without PTA Tax.

Here’s the PTA Tax on the Apple iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max that you would have to pay to register with PTA.

Apple iPhone 16 PTA Tax Payable (All Variants)

Model	PTA Tax on Passport	PTA Tax on CNIC
Apple iPhone 16 PTA Tax	PKR 107,325	PKR 130,708
Apple iPhone 16 Plus PTA Tax	PKR 113,075	PKR 137,033
Apple iPhone 16 Pro PTA Tax	PKR 135,300	PKR 161,480
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max PTA Tax	PKR 148,500	PKR 176,000

Apple iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro & iPhone 16 Pro Max PTA tax has to be paid within 30 days (in case of PTA Passport registration) and 60 days (in case of CNIC registration).

Do international travelers have to pay PTA Tax on iPhone 16 smartphones?

No, thanks to the recently introduced feature added to the original DIRBS, that allows international travelers or overseas Pakistanis to temporarily register their phones for 120 days, each time they visit Pakistan. Here’s the complete step-by-step guide on the Temporary Registrations of mobile phones for Overseas Pakistanis and the mechanism behind it.

Disclaimer: Taxes are approximate and may vary from 5-10%, not more.

NOTE!

Do not forget to Register the Second SIM / Digital SIM on Your Latest iPhone or You might face issues in the future!

Want to know the import duties on other smartphones / mobile phones?

FBR has reduced the taxes quite a lot when compared to what they charged a few months back.