The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) collected over Rs33 billion in October, up from Rs26 billion in October of the previous fiscal year, officials said after a review meeting in Lahore on Wednesday. The authority also reported 30 percent growth in revenue collection so far in the current fiscal year. Pakistan's fiscal year runs from July to June, which is why the authority compares its figures with the same month a year earlier.
October figures and the review meeting
PRA Chairman Moazzam Iqbal Sipra chaired the meeting at the authority's headquarters to review monthly revenue targets and performance. Officials went through sector-wise targets, the number of registered taxpayers and businesses, and the performance of individual officers. Based on the two monthly totals, October's collection was about Rs7 billion higher than a year earlier, a rise of roughly 27 percent (Rs7 billion divided by Rs26 billion).
Tighter checks on receipts and records
The chairman directed that tax collection records of 16 sectors be scrutinised closely, with attention to Electronic Invoice Monitoring System (EIMS) data and tax payments made through banks. He said that identifying people who manipulate tax returns through digital monitoring was essential to tax compliance. He also asked the Large Taxpayer Commissionerate to start setting up additional sectors to strengthen revenue monitoring. Enforcement against fake receipts will be expanded across the province, and he warned that misusing taxes paid by the public is a punishable offence.
Earlier, the authority had directed all hotels and restaurants in the province to install E-IMS to ensure timely tax payment. That directive was issued at a meeting with the Hotels and Restaurant Association, where installation steps, technical requirements and the difficulties hotels face were discussed. The PRA said it will fast-track the registration of new businesses and E-IMS installation across 14 designated sectors. Firms that issue fake receipts or tamper with records will face strict action, and enforcement teams will be formed to increase registrations.
Growth in July and August
According to a Finance Department report, the Punjab Revenue Authority collected Rs114.76 billion in July and August 2026, a rise of 31.6 percent over Rs87.18 billion in the same two months a year earlier. The report credits the growth to bringing previously untaxed service sectors into the formal tax system, rather than to heavier burdens on existing taxpayers. Of the total, Rs81.28 billion was tax revenue and Rs33.47 billion was non-tax revenue. Sales tax brought in Rs53.81 billion, motor vehicle tax Rs12.62 billion and stamp duty Rs9.11 billion, and the provincial tax target for fiscal year 2026-27 is Rs1,209 billion.
The 30 percent figure covers the current fiscal year so far, while the 31.6 percent figure covers only July and August, so the two rates should not be compared directly.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Punjab Revenue Authority ne October mein 33 arab rupay se zyada tax jama kiye, jo pichle saal October mein 26 arab rupay thay. Authority ne fake receipts ke khilaf karwai barhane aur hotels aur restaurants mein E-IMS lagane ka hukm diya hai. Aam shehri ke liye iska matlab hai ke khareedari par asli receipt lena zaroori hai. Tax nizam mein sakhti aur nigrani mein izafa ho sakta hai.
