PTBA Asks FBR to Extend E-Invoicing Deadline for Corporate Taxpayers

Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has requested Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the deadline beyond June 2025 for corporate sales taxpayers for electronic integration with the FBR’s system. The deadline of integration has expired on June 1, 2025, for the corporate sales taxpayers. According to a letter of the PTBA to FBR Chairman, Pakistan Tax Bar, fully support the government’s documentation initiative aimed at enhancing transparency and documentation of the supply chain through implementation of electronically integrate their hardware and software with Boards computerized system (E-invoicing) through license integrator or PRAL under SRO 709(1)/2025 dated 22nd April, 2025. Corporate and individual tax filers have to integrate by May 1, 2025, and June 1, 2025, respectively. The deadline was subsequently extended for corporate and individual tax filers to June 1, 2025, and July 1, 2025, respectively. However, despite these timely efforts, it remains practically impossible for a significant number of corporate entities to integrate with the Board’s computerized system through a license integrator or PRAL within the specified time and manner. The PTBA has received several representations from member bars across the country indicating that the deadline for corporate tax filers is going to expire on June 1, 2025. In these current circumstances, it seems impossible to get the integrated process completed by the corporate tax filers on the due date. Therefore, in the interest of documentation and proper implementation for the integration of supply chain, the PTBA has recommended that the deadline for the corporate tax filers to integrate has to be extended till June 30, 2025. The PTBA trust that its request will be considered favorably in the larger interest of the government and the FBR, as it will help to implement the integration process smoothly and swiftly to ensure the accurate and reliable data reflecting the true disclosure of economic activity and tax incidence thereon, PTBA added.