PRA E-IMS compliance, from the same counter as FBR

No — they are two authorities with separate systems. A Punjab restaurant that is also registered for federal sales tax can owe reporting to both, which is why running two disconnected tools is a common and expensive mistake. eInvoicePro submits to FBR and to PRA E-IMS from the same counter, so staff learn one workflow instead of two.

PRA enforcement currently names restaurants, hotels, coffee shops and marriage halls, with a threshold expressed as annual income of Rs 6 million or more. Annual income is not the same measure as turnover or taxable supplies, and for a restaurant the three can differ substantially — confirm which measure applies to you with a qualified tax advisor before you budget.

Not for the categories PRA is enforcing. The ban on handwritten receipts for those businesses took effect on 10 August 2026 and is already in force, so this is not a deadline to prepare for — it is a rule to comply with now.

Not by the PRA enforcement described here. Beauty parlours appear on a published list of notified categories, but that list belongs to FBR draft SRO 288(I)/2026 — a federal income tax instrument that is not in force and which the provincial authorities formally opposed. Do not read the SRO 288 category list as a PRA scope list.

Not issuing an EIMS receipt carries a penalty of between Rs 400,000 and Rs 1,000,000, and repeat violations can result in the premises being sealed for up to one month. The penalty attaches to the receipt itself, so a sale that was recorded correctly in your accounts can still expose you if the customer was given the wrong document. How a particular default is characterised depends on your own facts — take advice rather than relying on the range alone.

Do not start by buying software. Read what the notice actually alleges and which period it covers, confirm whether your business is in the enforced categories and over the Rs 6 million annual income threshold, and put the notice in front of a qualified tax adviser before you respond — response windows are short and an answer given quickly but wrongly is harder to walk back than one given properly. Once you know your position, getting compliant stops the exposure from continuing. We are happy to look at the operational side with you on a short call.

Usually yes. Counters can keep their familiar screens while eInvoicePro handles validation and submission behind them, either through the product or through the API for POS software houses. Book a demo and we will map your current counter flow before anything is replaced.

A PRA integration is scoped by how many counters you run, whether branches share tax treatment, and whether you are integrating an existing POS or starting on eInvoicePro screens. A single-site restaurant is a different project from a multi-branch marriage hall operator — we scope it on a short call rather than quoting a number that fits nobody.