Live e-invoice reporting to Federal Board of Revenue 15 October launch The Pakistani Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has yet again rescheduled the launch of structured e-invoicing launch. Registrations for the first wave are now largely complete, but the start date is put back one
Proposal foreign e-commerce salescharge payment intermediaries and couriers for goods bought online On 10 June 2025, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Revenue and Finance unveiled the federal budget for the fiscal year 2025–26. The budget introduces a range of significant tax measures aimed at strengthening revenue
World Bank recommends Pakistan consolidated GST regime The World Bank is advocating for Pakistan to merge its federal and provincial revenue agencies into a unified General Sales Tax (GST) collection entity, as recommended by the World Bank. However, this entails significant legislative hurdles and potential
Debt talks with International Monetary Fund prompt 1% sales tax rise 14 February 2023 The Pakistan Parliament has passed a supplementary Finance Bill with a 1% rise in its sales tax from 17% to 18%. This would secure badly needed funding to cover import costs
Federal Bureau of Revenue brings many more business into tax net Pakistan is set to reduce the annual threshold above which businesses must register for Sales Tax. The new limit will be PKR 8m (approx $45k or €40k) per annum, up from PKR 10 million.
Pakistan has imposed a 1% withholding sales tax on marketplaces’ third-party sales. This came into effect on 1 September 2021 according to the Pakistani Federal Board of Revenue Ordinance No. XXII of 2021. Pakistan requires providers of B2B digital services to charge sales tax as well
UPDATE: this measure since replaced by 2% Withholding VAT on marketplaces from 1 September 2021. Pakistan’s budget includes provisions to bring online marketplaces into the federal sales tax net. They will become responsible for levying and collecting the 17% sales tax. The new measure will come
Pakistan has offered delays on Sales Tax and Federal Excise returns. This will cover the July 2021 taxable transactions. The new dates according to an ordnance issued on 13 August 2021 by the Federal Board of Revenue, Inland Revenue, are as follows: Filing of Sales
