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FBR lowered the open-plot values for two Foreign Office Employees CHS entries in Rawalpindi and finalized mandatory pre-filing scrutiny rules for Customs litigation.
FBR finalized overstayed-cargo rules and penalties effective 1 October, expanded Pakistan-Uzbekistan customs concessions, temporarily eased section 8B for steel units, and revised confectionery printing limits.
FBR replaced the steel manufacturers' PKR 5-per-unit electricity list, clarified price and sales-tax printing for very small confectionery items, finalized scrutiny-committee jurisdictions, and updated selected Islamabad shop values.
FBR finalized an optional income-tax procedure for qualifying small shopkeepers, imposed electricity-unit-based sales tax on steel manufacturers, and activated new litigation-scrutiny rules between 27 and 31 July 2026.
FBR has announced planned maintenance from 12:30 a.m. on 8 August to 5:00 a.m. on 10 August 2026. IRIS, Digital Invoicing, payments, SWAPS and POS Registration will be unavailable during the 52.5-hour window.
FBR issued an operative sales-tax order for footwear and published draft income-tax and customs litigation scrutiny rules between 17 and 22 July 2026. Here is what is final, what remains proposed, and who should act.