SRO 69(I)/2025 Explained: The E-Invoicing Mandate in Plain Language
SRO 69(I)/2025 is one of the notifications that moved Pakistan's electronic invoicing from a big company project to a mainstream requirement. If your consultant mentioned it and you nodded without following, this is the plain version.
What the SRO does
It requires notified classes of sales tax registered persons to integrate their invoicing systems with FBR so invoices are issued and reported electronically. It builds on the electronic invoicing framework already present in the Sales Tax Rules rather than inventing a new one.
Who it touched
The notification and the ones that followed it drew in registered persons in phases, with corporate registrations generally scheduled ahead of non corporate ones. Deadlines have been adjusted through later notifications, which is why the safe habit is to check the current one rather than remember an old date.
What compliance means day to day
- Your invoicing runs through an integrated system connected via a licensed integrator or PRAL.
- Invoices carry the FBR reference and QR code.
- Your sales data reaches FBR at issue time, not at return time.
What you should do
Confirm whether your registration class is covered and by which date, then plan integration backward from that date. Testing takes days when data is ready, so the real deadline for starting is earlier than the legal one.
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