1. Seller details
Who is issuing the invoice. These have to match your registration.
- Business name, as registered
- Registration number (NTN)
- Province
- Address
Guide
What an FBR digital invoice has to contain
What information a compliant FBR digital invoice has to carry — seller, buyer, document and line-item details — in one practical checklist for Pakistani businesses.
Bizio Invoicing is an independent software provider. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official service of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) or PRAL. Requirements are set by FBR and can change; confirm the current fields against FBR's own documentation or with your tax consultant.
Why the fields matter more than they used to
On a paper invoice, a missing province or an approximate product code was something to tidy up later, if anyone noticed at all. Under FBR digital invoicing the invoice is checked when it is filed, so the same details now decide whether it is accepted.
An invoice is built from a few blocks of information. Get every block complete and internally consistent and the invoice goes through; leave a gap in one and it comes back. Here is what each block carries.
2. Buyer details
Who the invoice is to, and how they are registered.
- Name
- Registration number and registration type
- Province
- Address
3. Document details
What kind of document this is, and how to find it later.
- Document type (invoice, debit note, credit note)
- Invoice number
- Invoice date
- A reference to the original invoice, for a note
4. Line items
What is being sold, one row per item.
- Description
- HS code
- Quantity and unit of measurement
- Unit price
- Sale type and rate
- SRO schedule and item serial, where one applies
5. Tax and totals
The amounts, which have to follow from the line items.
- Value excluding tax
- Sales tax amount
- Any further tax or duty that applies
- Invoice total
It is not just presence, it is agreement
A field being filled in is only half of it. The blocks have to agree with each other. A buyer's province has to match the address and be one of the province names FBR lists; a unit of measurement has to be one FBR accepts for the HS code on that line; a rate has to fit the sale type; a credit note has to reference an invoice that was actually accepted.
Most refused invoices are not missing a field — they contain one that disagrees with another. In particular, document numbers must follow an unbroken, unique sequence without repeats; see our invoice numbering guide for how credit and debit notes link back to an original invoice. Why FBR rejects an invoice groups the remaining disagreements into the handful of families they fall into.
How Bizio Invoicing keeps the blocks complete
Bizio Invoicing is independent invoicing software — it does not set the requirements, it helps you meet them. The invoice form is built around the blocks above, the reference lists (provinces, units, HS codes, sale types) come from FBR's own data rather than a hand-kept list, and the invoice is checked before it is filed so a missing or inconsistent field is caught while it is still easy to fix.
Saved customers and saved products mean the seller, buyer and item blocks are entered once and reused, so completeness is not something you have to get right by hand on every invoice.
Read next
Provinces and buyer types
The exact province names, FBR state codes and buyer registration types the seller and buyer blocks use.
HS codes and units
How the HS code on a line governs which units of measurement are valid for it.
FBR digital invoicing, explained
The wider picture — what the system is and whether it applies to your business.
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