FBR digital invoice verification: what you can do today
FBR's rules require a buyer check for digital invoices. Until a public DI check appears, here is what you can safely do.
Digital invoicing is not the POS receipt system
FBR Digital Invoicing (DI) is real-time electronic sales tax invoice reporting. Invoices are submitted through a licensed integrator to FBR and receive a unique FBR invoice number and a QR code. This is a different system from the Tier-1 POS receipts that the Tax Asaan app and SMS 9966 cover.
FBR sets digital invoicing obligations for sales-tax registered businesses through its notifications. SRO 1413(I)/2025 replaced the earlier SRO 709 rollout notice. Use the current legal provisions for your business category and the official integrator list when arranging your connection.
Do not use the FBR POS or SMS 9966 method for a DI invoice. FBR publishes that route for POS receipts only. If a POS check fails on a digital invoice, that result says nothing about the invoice.
What FBR's rules require
The Sales Tax Rules require the Board to provide a website facility for buyers to check whether an invoice was communicated to the Board's Computerized System (rule 150XB of SRO 69(I)/2025 and rule 33J of SRO 288 dated 18.02.2026).
For a digital invoice, ask the seller for the FBR invoice reference and the accepted submission record. The POS receipt check is a different service and should not be used as proof about a digital invoice.
A software check before submission does not establish that an invoice has been accepted by FBR.
What you can safely do today
- If you are the buyer: ask the seller for the FBR invoice number from their submission response, and for the name of their licensed integrator. That response is the seller's record that the sale reached FBR.
- If you are the seller: use your own digital invoicing dashboard after you sign in on the official IRIS service. It lists your own invoices for a period and type.
- If the seller cannot show a submission response, ask for a corrected or reissued invoice before you pay.
A QR code can carry an invoice reference or other text. Reading it is not proof that FBR accepted the invoice; compare it with the seller’s submission record.
If you cannot confirm a DI invoice
- No official public verifier existing is a known gap, not proof that the invoice is fake.
- Ask the seller to show the submission response from their integrator, or to reissue the invoice if the details are wrong.
- Keep the original invoice. Do not pay a third party who claims to verify DI invoices through an unofficial API or form.
Check FBR's own pages for a new buyer facility
FBR can publish a buyer check at any time. Check the FBR digital invoicing pages, or ask your licensed integrator, for the current position. Use the official guidance or ask the seller for the accepted submission record.