Motels, marriage halls, golf equipment, faculties, courier companies, magnificence parlous others required to combine with FBR
ISLAMABAD:
The Federal Board of Income (FBR) has introduced new amendments to the revenue tax guidelines, specializing in the obligatory integration of digital invoicing methods for numerous enterprise sectors.
In response to the FBR notification, companies should adjust to the brand new system inside a specified interval, after which penalties will probably be imposed for non-compliance or violations.
The proposed adjustments, outlined within the notification (S.R.O. 288(I)/2026), state that each one registered companies will probably be required to put in point-of-sale (POS) methods and combine them with the FBR’s centralised system. The choice applies to a variety of sectors, together with resorts, guesthouses, marriage halls, and numerous golf equipment, in addition to intercity transport, courier companies, and cargo operators.
Moreover, the brand new system mandates that magnificence parlours, slimming centres, medical centres reminiscent of hair transplant clinics, non-public clinics, dental clinics, and plastic surgeons register with the FBR. Diagnostic laboratories, non-public hospitals, well being golf equipment, gyms, and swimming swimming pools may also be required to combine into the system to make sure their transaction knowledge is linked with FBR’s central database.
The notification additional clarifies that enormous, well-known golf equipment reminiscent of Karachi Gymkhana, Lahore Gymkhana and Polo Membership in Islamabad are additionally topic to the brand new requirement.
Furthermore, chartered accounting corporations, value and administration accounting corporations and personal instructional establishments with charges of not less than Rs1,000 per 30 days will now be required to hook up with the FBR’s digital invoicing system.
“Feedback and solutions on the proposed draft will be submitted inside seven days. After the desired interval, any solutions and feedback obtained won’t be accepted, and the amended guidelines will probably be enforced via a Gazette notification,” acknowledged the FBR notification.
A brand new chapter on on-line enterprise integration has been launched underneath these amendments, stipulating that each one companies listed within the schedule should hyperlink their POS methods and digital invoicing software program with FBR’s system.
Each sale will have to be documented with a real-time, verifiable digital receipt containing a novel FBR bill quantity and QR code, and all transaction knowledge should be securely transmitted to FBR. Companies will probably be required to retain this knowledge for at least six years.
The notification stresses that companies should not conduct gross sales via non-integrated methods and should add gross sales knowledge inside a particular timeframe in case of system malfunctions or web disruptions.
Moreover, companies could also be required to attach their debit and bank card machines or different digital fee methods to the FBR’s community.
In compliance with the brand new guidelines, companies will bear the price of the mixing course of, together with the acquisition of {hardware} and software program. Moreover, a outstanding signboard displaying FBR’s emblem and the mixing standing of the enterprise will probably be obligatory in any respect retailers.
The notification additionally introduces a licensing system for firms that can present integration companies, permitting solely licensed entities to combine companies with FBR’s system. The license will probably be legitimate for 5 years, with an in depth process for utility, approval, renewal and cancellation outlined within the guidelines.
Sure companies, reminiscent of small retailers with low electrical energy consumption or these working with minimal charges, could also be exempt from these necessities. Nevertheless, the aim of this initiative is to fight tax evasion, enhance income, and foster transparency in enterprise transactions.
The FBR goals to ascertain an Inland Income Enforcement Community to observe compliance and guarantee tax restoration in circumstances of unreported gross sales. The brand new digital invoicing system is anticipated to contribute considerably to the formalisation of the financial system, guaranteeing that each taxpayers and shoppers have faith within the course of.
