STRN registration and ongoing monthly compliance for manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, and retailers, handled end to end on FBR's IRIS portal so you never miss the three-date monthly cycle.
26 Years of FBR Registration & Tax Filing ExperienceSales tax registration with FBR isn't automatic, and it isn't optional once your business crosses certain thresholds. Whether you need a Sales Tax Registration Number (STRN) depends on what your business does and how large it's grown, not just its industry.
You're generally required to register if you fall into any of the categories below.
Cottage-industry-scale manufacturers, turnover up to PKR 10 million and utility bills under PKR 800,000 a year, are exempt from mandatory registration. Service providers are taxed under provincial law, not FBR's sales tax regime, and register with the relevant provincial revenue authority instead.
What we ask for depends on your business type. Here's the starting checklist, we'll confirm anything specific to your registration during our initial review.
Six steps, from first application to your first monthly filing.
We confirm which registration category applies to your business and gather the documents that category needs.
We complete and submit your sales tax registration application on FBR's IRIS portal.
We schedule your biometric verification at a NADRA e-Sahulat centre, required within 30 days of applying.
Once FBR approves your application, we confirm your Sales Tax Registration Number and registration certificate.
We set up your Annexure-C sales reporting and monthly return process so your first filing isn't a scramble.
We handle your Annexure-C, payment deposit, and final return every month, on FBR's three-date filing cycle.
Once you're registered, sales tax compliance is a monthly obligation, not an annual one. For each tax period, FBR expects three separate actions the following month: Annexure-C, your sales invoice annexure, is due by the 10th, the tax payment itself is due by the 15th, and the final return is submitted on IRIS by the 18th.
A nil return, filed even in a month with no sales, is still required. Skipping a monthly filing affects your Active Taxpayer status the same way a missed income tax return does, so we track your filing calendar and handle all three dates for you every month.
See Our Income Tax Returns ServiceWe've handled FBR registrations and filings since 2000, through every change to the IRIS portal and the Sales Tax Act's schedules.
Manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, distributors, and Tier-1 retailers, we know the registration category and documents each one needs.
We don't register you and disappear, we handle your Annexure-C, payment, and return every month so nothing slips.
Based in Lahore, working with businesses across Pakistan.
Manufacturers with annual taxable turnover above PKR 10 million, commercial importers of taxable goods (no turnover threshold), wholesalers and distributors, and Tier-1 retailers such as national chains, air-conditioned mall outlets, shops over 1,000 sq ft, or businesses with electricity bills above PKR 1.2 million a year. Cottage-industry-scale manufacturers below the turnover and utility-bill thresholds are exempt from mandatory registration.
Registration through FBR's IRIS portal typically takes 7 to 14 business days once your documents are submitted. Biometric verification at a NADRA e-Sahulat centre must be completed within 30 days of applying to keep your registration active.
Yes. A nil return still has to be filed for a month with no taxable sales. Skipping a monthly filing, even a nil one, affects your Active Taxpayer status the same way a missed return with sales does.
Sales tax compliance runs on a three-date monthly cycle, all in the month following the tax period: Annexure-C (your sales invoice annexure) is due by the 10th, the tax payment is deposited by the 15th, and the final return is submitted on IRIS by the 18th.
No. Services are taxed under provincial law rather than FBR's sales tax regime, so service providers register with the relevant provincial revenue authority (such as the PRA in Punjab) instead. We can confirm which authority applies to your business.
Your NTN is your basic income tax registration number. Sales tax registration (STRN) is a separate, additional registration required once your business crosses the sales tax thresholds, and it's needed before you can legally charge and collect sales tax on your invoices. See our NTN Registration service if you don't have an NTN yet.
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