What FBR published from 19 to 22 October 2026

The Federal Board of Revenue issued thirteen signed documents in this week's review window: two Federal Excise General Orders, two Sales Tax General Orders, one Sales Tax implementation direction, one Customs General Order and seven S.R.O.s. The material changes expand electronic production monitoring, alter a steel-sector list, extend an existing surveillance deadline, add an instalment route for tax on imported mobile devices, create Inland Revenue e-auction rules and amend an automotive additional-customs-duty schedule.

The dates below are the dates printed on the signed official documents. Every current-week instrument reviewed here is final or operative; none is a draft. Five narrower S.R.O.s principally change customs staffing powers or Inland Revenue jurisdiction and are separated from the compliance changes below.

Electronic monitoring for hatcheries by 30 December

Federal Excise General Orders No. 01 and 02 of 2026, both dated 19 October, bring production of day-old chicks by registered hatcheries into electronic monitoring. FEGO 02 is the short notification that makes real-time production monitoring operative. FEGO 01 provides the detailed implementation framework.

Registered persons producing day-old chicks and liable to Federal Excise Duty must install and operationalize an approved monitoring system at packing or dispatch points by 30 December 2026. The system may use video surveillance, video analytics, digital-eye technology or another FBR-approved solution to count standardized boxes, trays or crates and determine the corresponding production quantity. FEGO 01 names authorized vendors, requires real-time transmission and tamper or failure reporting, and includes a non-exhaustive list of hatcheries. A producer does not fall outside the order merely because it is absent from that list.

Steel production and dispatch monitoring by 30 December

Sales Tax General Order No. 29 of 2026, dated 19 October and effective at once, applies to registered steel melters, re-rollers and composite units, including toll, conversion and contract manufacturing. Each manufacturing facility and active line must have the prescribed system installed, integrated, tested and operational by 30 December 2026.

The required configuration follows the unit's actual process. It can cover billet or ingot identification, rolling-size verification, finished-product counting and classification, and final weighbridge or dispatch reconciliation. The order requires secure event records, production estimates, variance alerts, transmission to FBR's Central Control Unit and controls against interruption or tampering. It also states that monitored goods cannot be removed or supplied outside the approved process once the applicable requirement operates.

This is a broad sectoral monitoring order. It should not be confused with the separate electricity-based Sales Tax list, which STGO 28 changes for only three named businesses.

Three steel manufacturers added to the electricity-based list

Sales Tax General Order No. 28 of 2026, also dated 19 October, adds three manufacturers to the list covered by the specified five-rupees-per-unit-of-electricity Sales Tax treatment under STGO 16. The additions take immediate effect for all electricity connections of the listed taxpayers.

The order says eligibility was assessed against the scrap, electricity-consumption and specified import-code criteria in S.R.O. 1245(I)/2026. FBR and field formations may still examine eligibility and revise the list. The addition is specific to the named businesses and is not a general steel-sector rate change.

Existing video-surveillance deadline moved to 31 October

An FBR direction dated 21 October extends the installation deadline under STGO 27 of 2026 from 15 October to 31 October 2026. All other terms remain unchanged.

STGO 27 is the earlier order covering registered manufacturers of packaged tea, specified household electronics, paper and paperboard, edible oil and ghee, and leather. This week's document changes only the installation date; it does not add sectors or relax the remaining camera, storage, access, incident-reporting and production-removal conditions.

Imported mobile-device Sales Tax can be paid in instalments

Customs General Order No. 06 of 2026, dated 22 October, amends the DIRBS regularization procedure for individuals covered by the existing traveler, non-traveler and postal or courier routes. An eligible individual may choose instalments when applying through DIRBS for an imported mobile device.

The Sales Tax is divided into equal monthly instalments according to the months remaining in that financial year, counting the application month. A device imported in June requires full payment before the end of June. The first PSID is generated with the DIRBS application and later PSIDs fall on the corresponding date of each following month, or that month's last day where no corresponding date exists. Early payment is allowed.

Default has significant consequences: the device is treated as unregistered and blocked through DIRBS, and the complete unpaid balance becomes immediately due. The order creates a payment schedule; it does not waive or reduce the underlying tax.

Final electronic-auction rules for seized and confiscated goods

S.R.O. 1889(I)/2026, dated 22 October, inserts a new electronic-auction chapter into the Sales Tax Rules, 2006 for Inland Revenue's disposal of seized and confiscated goods. It is a final rule, not a proposal.

The rules provide for electronic bidder registration using a valid CNIC or NICOP and a one-time fee of at least PKR 25,000. They set out electronic inventory and auction records, reserve-price valuation, inspection, a 72-hour online bidding window from the first bid, acceptance controls, electronic payment and release, delivery records, treatment of sale proceeds, bidder default and re-auction. Prohibited, hazardous and other restricted goods remain subject to special directions rather than ordinary auction treatment.

These rules govern Inland Revenue auction procedure. They do not convert every seizure into an immediate auction: adjudication, court stays, release or redemption rights and other legal requirements must be checked first.

Automotive items added to an additional-customs-duty schedule

S.R.O. 1888(I)/2026, dated 21 October, adds two heavy-commercial-vehicle tyre headings and a heading covering specified motorcycle components to Appendix I of S.R.O. 693(I)/2006. That earlier notification is the additional-customs-duty regime for specified automotive goods and components.

The new entries cover radial and other tyres for heavy commercial vehicles and a defined list of motorcycle parts such as reflectors, plates, wheel assemblies, windshields, seat boxes and covers. Importers and assemblers should use the exact PCT classification and the current consolidated parent notification rather than assume that every tyre or motorcycle part is included.

Narrow administrative and jurisdiction notifications

Two Customs notifications dated 20 October support staffing at digital enforcement and centralized assessment functions. S.R.O. 1864(I)/2026 designates contract Sub-Inspectors at Digital Enforcement Stations and Goods Evaluators at Centralized Assessment Units as officers of Customs. S.R.O. 1865(I)/2026 adds those roles to the relevant powers notification.

Three notifications dated 22 October update Intelligence and Investigation jurisdiction under the Income Tax, Sales Tax and Federal Excise laws. S.R.O.s 1885, 1886 and 1887(I)/2026 mainly replace older office names and assignments with the current Corporate Tax Office-I and II Karachi and Regional Tax Office-I and II Lahore structure; the Federal Excise notification also changes the listed statutory provisions for one entry. These are final administrative measures, but they do not themselves announce a general tax rate or filing deadline.

Other official channels checked

The Income Tax and Sales Tax circular registers showed no new circular after the 15 October return-extension circular. FBR's official press-release archive showed a 19 October disciplinary announcement concerning officers, which is institutional news rather than a tax-law or filing change and is therefore not treated as a tax update here.

As of 26 October, FBR's official register had not published final replacements for the 6 October draft rules on non-resident shipping returns, automated scrutiny, ATL-U treatment or the integration tax credit, or the 7 October draft Customs scheme for imported live animals. Those earlier documents remain proposals.

What affected people and businesses should check

Hatcheries and steel manufacturers should confirm whether every facility, production line and dispatch point is covered, and work from the exact 30 December implementation requirements applicable to their sector.
Manufacturers already covered by STGO 27 should treat 31 October as an extension of the installation date only, not a suspension of the wider monitoring obligations.
An individual considering DIRBS instalments should check eligibility, the generated PSID schedule and the default consequences before choosing that route.
E-auction bidders should review registration, reserve-price, inspection, payment and delivery terms for the particular lot.
Automotive importers should verify the exact PCT heading and the current consolidated additional-duty notification before calculating landed cost.

Official FBR sources

The bottom line

The week's most immediate compliance dates are 31 October for the manufacturers already covered by STGO 27 and 30 December for the new hatchery and steel monitoring systems. Individuals now have an instalment option for DIRBS Sales Tax, while Inland Revenue has final electronic-auction rules. The automotive and administrative S.R.O.s are operative but narrower in scope.

Disclaimer: This article summarizes official FBR documents reviewed on 26 October 2026. It is general information, not individualized income-tax, sales-tax, Federal Excise, customs, manufacturing, auction, mobile-device or legal advice. Check the current law, the exact instrument, your facts and any later amendment before acting.

FBR Weekly Tax Update: Digital Monitoring, Mobile Instalments and E-Auctions