FBR & Provincial Tax · Pakistan
PRAL Integration — FBR Digital Invoicing Made Simple
PRAL — Pakistan Revenue Automation (Pvt) Ltd — is the technology arm of FBR that runs IRIS and the national digital-invoicing platform. Iris Accounts speaks to that platform for you, so your invoices are reported and IRN-stamped without you touching an API.
What is PRAL?
PRAL (Pakistan Revenue Automation Pvt Ltd) is FBR’s IT company. It builds and operates the systems behind Pakistan’s tax administration — including the IRIS portal and the FBR Digital Invoicing system that issues FBR Invoice Numbers (IRNs) and QR codes for sales tax invoices. When people talk about “integrating with FBR”, they usually mean integrating with the PRAL-operated platform.
How Iris connects to the PRAL platform
Iris Accounts handles the technical integration end-to-end: authentication, mapping each invoice to the required digital-invoicing schema, transmitting it, and recording the IRN, QR and status that come back. You get a working connection to FBR’s system without commissioning custom development or wrestling with the API yourself.
Sandbox to production
Validate your data in the sandbox environment first, confirm your invoices are accepted, then flip to production. Iris keeps the two environments separate and clearly labelled so a test invoice is never mistaken for a filed one.
One system for tax and books
Because the same invoice that goes to FBR also posts to your double-entry ledger, your PRAL-reported invoices, sales tax register and financial statements stay perfectly in sync — no re-keying, no reconciliation headaches at return time.
Frequently asked questions
What does PRAL stand for?
PRAL is Pakistan Revenue Automation (Pvt) Ltd, the technology company that builds and operates FBR’s systems, including IRIS and the digital-invoicing platform.
Do I need my own PRAL/FBR integration to use Iris?
No. Iris Accounts provides the integration. You supply your FBR credentials and Iris handles the connection, transmission and IRN/QR handling.
Is there a sandbox for PRAL digital invoicing?
Yes. You can validate everything in FBR’s sandbox before switching your account to production.
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