PRA collects Rs54.8b in first two months

According to a statement released on Wednesday and reported by The Express Tribune, the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) collected Rs54.8 billion over July and August, the opening stretch of the current fiscal year. That sum is Rs11.5 billion above the Rs43.3 billion gathered in the same months last year. It is also the authority's best July-August figure in its 13-year history.

A PRA spokesperson credited the gains to the setting up of Special Units and a Large Taxpayer Commissionerate. The authority's FY26 results add context: Rs368 billion collected, above target and 36% higher than the Rs270 billion of FY25, its highest yearly total so far. Building on that record, the provincial government has fixed Rs528 billion as its revenue goal for FY27.

At a meeting on monthly revenue targets chaired by PRA Chairman Moazam Iqbal Sipra, officials were told that compliance, enforcement and digital tax administration would improve further. The chairman credited digital monitoring and direct payment systems with greater transparency and higher receipts, and ordered enforcement teams to speed up field operations and resolve public complaints on time.