Lahore, December 7, 2025 – The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has initiated large-scale operations across the province to curb tax evasion and enforce strict compliance among commercial entities.
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Punjab Revenue Authority Launches Crackdown on Food Chains for Tax Evasion
Lahore, November 12, 2025 – The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has launched a major enforcement drive against well-known food chains, cafés, restaurants, and marquees across Punjab for alleged sales tax evasion and non-compliance with tax laws.
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Punjab collects Rs66.41b sales tax in 1QFY26
Lahore, October 9, 2025 – The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has achieved remarkable growth in tax revenue, collecting Rs66.41 billion in sales tax on services during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025–26.
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Punjab directs three major sectors to withhold 80% tax on services
Lahore, July 25, 2025 – The government of Punjab has introduced a major revision in its tax policy, making it mandatory for three key sectors to withhold up to 80% of sales tax on services at the time of payment to service providers.
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PRA achieves record Rs26 billion sales tax collection in May 2025
Lahore, June 3, 2025 – The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has set a new benchmark in its revenue collection efforts by securing a record Rs26 billion in sales tax on services during May 2025.
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PRA Broadens Single Sales Tax Return to Two Sectors
The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has expanded the reach of its single sales tax return (SSTR) system to two additional sectors: the oil and gas sector and the microfinance banking sector. This initiative is part of PRA’s ongoing efforts to streamline tax compliance and facilitate ease of doing business in Punjab.
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PRA Expands to 12 More Punjab Districts to Boost Tax Collection
Lahore, November 3, 2024 – The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) is expanding its footprint to enhance accessibility and streamline tax collection across Punjab.
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Punjab’s Revenue Rally: Real Estate and Unexplored Sectors to Fuel Rs 240 Billion Goal
Lahore, July 23, 2023 — The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) is intensifying efforts to meet its ambitious tax collection target of Rs 240 billion for the fiscal year 2023-24 by expanding into unexplored sectors, especially the booming real estate industry.
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Foodpanda welcomes PRA tax concession to homechefs
LAHORE: Foodpanda, an online food delivery platform, has welcomed the reduction in sales tax by Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) to homechefs – people operating from their homes.
In order to create a favorable business environment, the PRA decided to reduce sales tax on services being charged on commissions for home-based chefs.
The rebate reduced sales tax from 16 per cent to 5 per cent, allowing better profitability and growth potential for home chefs operating on online food delivery platforms such as foodpanda.
Home chefs are essentially people operating out of their home kitchens who sell food through online platforms such as foodpanda. The online food delivery company currently has 5,000+ registered home chefs who have been taken on board after stringent routine checks for food hygiene, quality, safety, packaging, etc. The company’s aim is to increase the home chefs base in the next two years and take it up to 100,000 registered home chefs.
Nauman Sikandar, CEO foodpanda, while sharing his thoughts said: “A big thank you to the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) from foodpanda and our home chefs. The reduction in sales tax being charged on commissions for home-based chefs comes as a welcome respite.
“This move will help grow a new sector which has significant potential for financial and economic inclusion, specifically women economic empowerment. It would be ideal that other provinces also follow suit and implement the same for home chefs.”
Shahzadi Asghar, a registered home chef at foodpanda, while sharing her gratitude said, “It’s very difficult to do business in today’s situation, that too a home-based business. Thanks to foodpanda and PRA that sales tax is now reduced by 11 per cent which in turn has significantly improved our margins. I am now thinking to expand my food venture with this favorable initiative.”
The visionary step by the Punjab Government must be supported by other provinces as the sector continues to grow exponentially across the country.
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Sales tax on services exempted on construction services
LAHORE: Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has exempted the sales tax on services rendered by construction industry till June 30, 2020.
The provincial authority issued a notification dated April 02, 2020 and allowed zero percent sales tax on services provided by construction sector for next three months.
However, this exemption from tax is available with condition that no input tax adjustment will be granted.
Previously, the industry was allowed reduced rate of five percent and one percent without input tax credit/adjustment in respect of government civil works and sixteen percent with input tax credit/adjustment for others.
The tax is payable within the provincial jurisdiction by construction services and services provided by contractors of building (including water supply, gas supply and sanitary works), roads and bridges, electrical and mechanical works (including air conditioning), horticultural works, multi-discipline works (including turn-key projects) and similar other works but, excluding:
(i) where the tax is otherwise paid by registered persons as property developers, builders or promoters for building construction; or
(ii) where the construction work is funded under an agreement of foreign grant-in-aid or involves construction of consular buildings; or
(iii) residential construction projects where the covered area does not exceed 10,000 square feet for a house and 20,000 square feet for an apartment except where construction services are provided to construct more than one house or more than one apartment building.
Explanation- Notwithstanding the rate of five percent fixed in column 4, the following further reduced rates shall be applicable:
(a) one per cent for all services specified at S.No.14 without input tax credit or adjustment to the extent of Government civil works including those of cantonment boards involved in the ongoing development schemes and projects launched during Financial Year 2016-17 and funded under the Annual Development Plan of the Punjab Government or funded through foreign loans where the negotiations were finalized after 1st of July 2016 or funded under Public Sector Development Program of the Federal Government or funded by the Cantonment Boards; and
(b) zero per cent for all services specified at S.No.14 without input tax credit/adjustment to the extent of Government civil works including those of cantonment boards involved in the ongoing development schemes and projects launched prior to Financial Year 2016-2017 and funded under the Annual Development Plan of the Punjab Government or funded through foreign loans where the negotiations were finalized as on 1st of July 2016 or funded under Public Sector Development Program of the Federal Government or funded by Cantonment Boards.