🇵🇰 FBR & PROVINCIAL COMPLIANCE
Sales Tax Registration
(GST / STRN)
Secure your Sales Tax Registration Number (STRN) with the FBR or register your services with provincial authorities (PRA/SRB) to operate at scale.
Understanding Sales Tax
Sales tax in Pakistan is a consumption tax placed on the sale of goods and services. A business collects it from the consumer at the point of sale and passes it to the government. Registering provides you with an STRN (Sales Tax Registration Number).
For manufacturers, importers, and large retailers, FBR registration for goods is mandatory. For software houses, consultants, and marketing agencies, you must register with provincial boards (like PRA in Punjab or SRB in Sindh) to invoice corporate clients legally.
Why Register?
- **B2B Contracts:** Corporate clients will not deal with you unless you can issue a formal sales tax invoice.
- **Claim Deductions:** Adjust the sales tax you pay on office utilities and supplies against your tax liability.
- **Legal Requirement:** Avoid massive FBR penalties for failing to register once you hit turnover thresholds.
Evading Sales Tax Requirements
FBR continuously monitors bank accounts, utility usage, and third-party supplier data to catch unregistered businesses.
Heavy Default Penalties
If FBR detects that you were liable to collect sales tax but failed to register, they will demand the uncollected tax retroactively alongside massive fines.
Loss of Input Tax
Unregistered businesses cannot claim input tax adjustments. This means the sales tax you pay on purchases becomes an unrecoverable business expense.
Blocked at Customs
Commercial importers and exporters cannot clear shipments through Pakistan Customs (WeBOC) without an active FBR STRN.
Our STRN Package
A precise, managed process to clear FBR's strict registration checks.
Document Preparation
Guiding you to prepare the mandatory tenancy agreements, bank certificates, and photos.
IRIS Filing
Creating and submitting the complex Form-14 (Sales Tax Registration application) on IRIS.
Biometric Guidance
Coordinating with you to complete the NADRA e-Sahulat biometric verification seamlessly.
STRN Issuance
Tracking the application with FBR officers until your STRN is successfully activated.
Provincial Setup
If you deal in services, we also manage your registration with PRA, SRB, or KPRA.
Registration Fee
SALES TAX REGISTRATION
- FBR STRN Application Filing
- Document Review & Alignment
- Biometric Coordination
- Final Certificate Retrieval
The Registration Process
A precise workflow to avoid FBR rejections.
Preparation
We compile your bank maintenance letter, office photos, and utility bills.
Filing
Our tax experts file the intricate Sales Tax registration form via FBR IRIS.
Biometric
You visit a nearby e-Sahulat center to verify your fingerprint for FBR.
Activation
FBR approves the application and activates your STRN on the Active Taxpayer List.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sales Tax Registration, commonly known as GST (General Sales Tax), is the process of registering your business with the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) or Provincial Revenue Authorities (like PRA, SRB) to collect and deposit tax on taxable supplies and services.
No. It is mandatory only if your business turnover exceeds a certain threshold (usually Rs. 10 Million for goods), if you are an importer/exporter, or if you are specifically required by the government. Certain B2B clients also mandate GST registration before signing contracts.
FBR collects sales tax on 'Goods' across Pakistan. Provincial authorities (like PRA in Punjab, SRB in Sindh, BRA in Balochistan, KPRA in KPK) collect sales tax on 'Services' rendered within their respective provinces.
An STRN is a unique identification number issued upon successful FBR sales tax registration. It allows businesses to issue legal tax invoices, claim input tax adjustments, and file monthly sales tax returns.
You need a valid NTN, business bank account maintenance certificate, tenancy agreement/ownership proof of business premises, electricity bill, and photographs of your office displaying the business signboard.
Yes. Once the application is submitted in the IRIS system, FBR requires biometric verification of the directors or the sole proprietor at a designated E-Sahulat center (NADRA) to activate the STRN.
Once registered, you must file Sales Tax returns every month, typically by the 15th (for Annexures) and 18th (for final payment/submission) of the following month, even if there were zero sales (Nil return).
Input tax adjustment allows a registered business to subtract the sales tax it paid on purchases (input) from the sales tax it collected on sales (output), remitting only the difference to the government. This prevents double taxation.
Our professional fee for preparing and filing your FBR Sales Tax Registration application is Rs. 15,000. (Provincial registrations may vary based on complexity).
If all documents are complete and biometric verification is done promptly, FBR usually issues the STRN within 5 to 7 working days.
Compliance & Maintenance
Monthly Sales Tax Filing
We manage your mandatory monthly sales tax returns (Annexures) securely.
SECP Registration
Need to form a company before getting sales tax registered? We do that.
NTN Registration
Mandatory prerequisite. You must have an NTN before applying for an STRN.
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