ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for the manufacturers of specified taxable goods to procure and install the production monitoring system, production monitoring equipment only from an authorized vendor approved by the Board.
According to a notification issued by the FBR, a manufacturer of specified taxable goods, or a registered person or class of registered persons specified under Rule 150ZQR, shall procure and install the Production Monitoring System, production monitoring equipment or any other prescribed monitoring mechanism only from an authorized vendor approved by the Board.
The authorized vendor shall ensure that the Production Monitoring System and production monitoring equipment installed by it conform to the specifications, standards and requirements approved or authorized by the Board.
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The law shall apply to electronic monitoring, tracking and identification, through a Production Monitoring System, video surveillance, video analytics, digital eye or any other prescribed monitoring mechanism, of the production, sale, clearance, stock or any other related activity of any registered person or class of registered persons; any manufacturer or class of manufacturers; any goods specified in the Third Schedule to the Sales Tax Act, 1990; or any other taxable goods or class of taxable goods, as the Board may by notification in the official Gazette specify.
Provided that the Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, or by special order, specify the date from which the Production Monitoring System for electronic monitoring, tracking and identification shall be installed and made operational in respect of any person or class of persons, any manufacturer or class of manufacturers, any goods specified or any sector or class thereof, and may specify different dates for different persons.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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