Tax compliance
FBR and PRA integration, and where Foori stands today
Foori POS sells FBR and PRA compliance as an add-on at PKR 2,000 a month. The dedicated retail compliance tier is on the roadmap and has not shipped. If compliance is the reason you are shopping, read that second sentence again before you go any further.
What it means
What tax-authority integration actually does
Three things change about the way a sale is recorded.
01
The sale goes to the authority as it happens
Your POS reports each sale to the tax authority's system as you ring it up, instead of you totalling the day and filing it afterwards.
02
The customer can check the bill
The bill you hand the customer carries a number they can look up against the authority's own records. Punjab publishes a page for exactly that.
03
It is not a one-off installation
Switching it on is the easy half. A POS that has quietly stopped reporting still prints receipts as though nothing is wrong, so staying integrated is the part that takes real work.
Two authorities
Which one applies to you is a question for your accountant
There are two separate systems, and they are not interchangeable.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
FBR runs a point-of-sale integration scheme for retailers, published through its Sales Tax General Orders.
The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA)
Sales tax on services in Punjab is administered by the PRA, which runs its own electronic invoice system. Its restaurant invoice monitoring has been registering food businesses in Lahore since 2015.
We are not tax advisers
Which of the two applies to your restaurant depends on where you trade and what you sell, and the published rules have moved more than once this year. We are a software company and not your tax advisers, so we will not tell you which authority you answer to. Be wary of any POS vendor who answers that without asking you a single question first. Bring your accountant's answer and we will tell you plainly whether we can meet it today.
Where we stand
What we sell today, and what we do not
On the price list
Compliance is on the price list as an add-on at PKR 2,000 a month, per branch, on top of any tier. The authority charges nothing for access, so what you are paying for is the software and someone doing the paperwork alongside you.
Not shipped
The dedicated retail compliance tier is on the roadmap. It is not built, and any date printed here would be a guess dressed up as a commitment.
What to ask us
Ask where the integration stands before you plan around it, in the first conversation rather than after a setup fee. You will get a straight answer, including a no.
Questions
What owners ask about compliance
Is Foori POS integrated with FBR or PRA today?
It is on our price list as an add-on at PKR 2,000 a month. The dedicated retail compliance tier is on the roadmap and is not built yet, so ask us where the integration stands and what it would cover in your case before you buy on the strength of it. We would rather answer that in the first conversation than after you have paid a setup fee.
Do restaurants in Lahore report to FBR or to the PRA?
Sales tax on services in Punjab is administered by the Punjab Revenue Authority, and the Federal Board of Revenue runs its own point-of-sale integration scheme for retailers. Which one applies to your restaurant depends on where you trade and what you sell, and the rules have changed more than once recently. We are not tax advisers: confirm your position with your accountant, then tell us what you need to meet.
What does the compliance add-on cost?
PKR 2,000 a month per branch, on top of your tier. The tax authority does not charge for access, so the add-on covers the software and the work of getting your outlet reporting properly. It is priced separately from the POS setup fee. Setup covers installation, your menu entered for you, and two staff training sessions.
Can I start on Foori POS now and add compliance later?
Yes. Foori POS is month to month, so the add-on goes on when you need it and comes off when you do not. Nothing about compliance requires you to sign an annual contract with us.
Next step
Ask us where it stands
Tell us which authority you report to and we will tell you what we can meet today. If the answer is not yet, you will hear that in the first conversation rather than the third.