Who pays the Re. 1 per invoice FBR charge?

The Tier-1 retailer pays it. FBR charges Re. 1 per invoice generated through an integrated POS terminal, collected from the retailer rather than added as a separate charge on the customer. It is specific to the POS integration programme and separate from sales tax and from the Digital Invoicing (DI API) flow.

How does the FBR invoice prize scheme work?

FBR rewards consumers who verify invoices from integrated Tier-1 retailers. When you receive an FBR invoice with a QR code and verify it (by scanning the QR, using the Tax Asaan app, or checking the invoice number online), the verified invoice can enter you into periodic prize draws — encouraging shoppers to demand proper reported invoices.

How do I verify an FBR invoice is real?

Scan the QR code on the invoice (it opens FBR's verification page), use FBR's Tax Asaan mobile app, or check the FBR invoice number on FBR's online verification service. If the invoice number is not found in FBR's system, the sale was not reported to FBR.

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FBR POS Invoice Prize Scheme & the Re. 1 Per-Invoice Charge Explained (2026)

FBR charges Tier-1 retailers Re. 1 per POS-generated invoice and runs a consumer prize scheme that rewards shoppers for verifying their FBR invoices. Here is how both work, who pays, and how it connects to digital invoicing and QR verification.

The Re. 1 per-invoice POS service charge

Tier-1 retailers integrated with FBR's POS system pay a service charge of Re. 1 for every invoice generated through an integrated point-of-sale terminal. The charge is collected from the retailer, not added as a separate tax on the customer, and funds the real-time reporting infrastructure.

This charge is specific to the Tier-1 POS integration programme. It is separate from the sales tax on the invoice and from the Digital Invoicing (DI API) flow that other registered businesses use for their sales tax invoices.

What the FBR invoice prize scheme is

To make consumers active checkers of tax compliance, FBR runs a prize scheme that rewards shoppers who verify the invoices they receive from integrated Tier-1 retailers. A verified, FBR-registered invoice enters the customer into periodic prize draws.

The idea is simple: if customers have a reason to demand a proper FBR invoice, retailers have less room to under-report. It turns the QR code on the receipt into something shoppers actively scan rather than ignore.

How customers verify an invoice

A genuine integrated invoice carries an FBR invoice number and a QR code. Customers verify it either by scanning the QR code, which opens FBR's verification page, or through FBR's official 'Tax Asaan' mobile app, or by checking the invoice number on FBR's online verification service.

If verification shows the invoice does not exist in FBR's system, the sale was not reported — which is exactly what the prize scheme is designed to expose. A verified invoice confirms the tax was recorded.

How this connects to Digital Invoicing

The prize scheme and the Re. 1 charge belong to the POS retailer track, but the underlying principle — a QR-verified invoice that exists in FBR's system — is identical to Digital Invoicing. A Digital Invoicing (DI API) invoice also carries an Invoice Reference Number (IRN) and QR code that any buyer can verify.

For a registered business, the practical takeaway is the same: every invoice you issue should be a real, posted, QR-stamped FBR invoice that a buyer can scan and trust. Digi Invoice does that on the Digital Invoicing side — validating, posting and QR-stamping each sales tax invoice on the FBR DI API v1.12.