FMCG Integration with FBR’s Digital Invoicing System Deadline

FMCG Integration with FBR’s Digital Invoicing System Deadline: The SRO 28(1)/2024 of the Sales Tax dated 10.01.2024 notified the registered persons pertaining to the value and supply chain of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods whereby every registered person notified is required to install electronic invoicing system as provided in Chapter XIV of the Sales Tax Rules, 2006.

In order to operationalize this important provision of law, a system-based approach has been adopted whereby the FMCG Manufacturers and Importers. will be integrated with FBR Digital Invoicing System in the Phase-1, as per procedure laid down below:

(i) A list of 107 identified FMCG manufacturers and importers, hereinafter referred to as the integrated supplier, as provided in Chapter XIV of the Sales Tax Rules, 2006, has been placed on FBR’s web portal at www.fbr.gov.pk requiring them to integrate with FBR’s digital invoicing system by 31′ December, 2024.

(ii) In case a notified integrated supplier claims to be a non- FMCG manufacturer or importer, and, therefore, not liable to integrate, it shall apply to the Commissioner-IR concerned for exclusion from the list and the CommissionerIR shall issue the exclusion certificate as the case may be.

(iii) The concerned Chief Commissioners-IR shall forward all the exclusion certificates issued by the Commissioners-IR to the IR Operations Wing, FBR.

(iv) In order to facilitate the integration drive, the concerned Chief Commissioners-IR shall also notify dedicated focal persons who will work in liaison with PRAL to meet the assigned integration targets. The concerned Chief Commissioners-IR shall also furnish a weekly integration report to the IR Operations Wing.

3. This issues with the approval of the competent authority i.e. Member (IROperations), FBR, Islamabad and shall be applicable with immediate effect.