PRA POS integration for Punjab restaurants
PRA POS integration connects your restaurant's point-of-sale system to the Punjab Revenue Authority's e-IMS network, so every invoice reports automatically under your own PRA registration. Kliovo Dine handles the connection, the offline queue, and the receipt formatting — you just add your credentials. No file uploads at month-end, no separate portal to log into, no manual reconciliation between your till and what PRA sees.
Punjab restaurant tax: 8% by card, 16% by cash
As of 1 July 2026, Punjab restaurants charge two different sales tax rates depending on how the customer pays. Under the Punjab Finance Act 2026 (Second Schedule Part-III, S/N 4 of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act 2012), payments made by debit card, credit card, mobile wallet, or QR scan are taxed at 8%, without input tax adjustment. Cash and every other payment method are taxed at 16% — exactly double. The 8% card rate was raised from 5% by the same Act, so if you've seen 5% quoted anywhere, that figure is out of date.
No input tax adjustment. On a Rs 5,000 bill, that's Rs 400 tax — total Rs 5,400.
On the same Rs 5,000 bill, that's Rs 800 tax — total Rs 5,800. Exactly double the card rate.
Rates current as of July 2026. That gap is worth mentioning at the counter — staff who know it are handing every customer a Rs 400 reason to tap a card instead of counting out cash.
Who has to integrate with PRA
Integration isn't optional once you cross the threshold — and the clock starts the moment your financial year closes above it. It applies whether you run a single counter in a food street or a five-branch chain across the city, and it applies the same way whether your books were already computerized or you were still running a manual register.
Rs 6 million turnover threshold
Registered restaurants with annual turnover of Rs 6 million or above must integrate with e-IMS. This was lowered from Rs 10 million specifically for restaurants by PRA Notification PRA/Orders.06/2023/441 (Gazette 109 of 2024), effective 9 July 2024. Other services still sit at the Rs 10 million threshold — the lower figure is restaurant-specific.
3 or 6 months to integrate
Once liability arises, Rule 4 gives you 3 months to integrate if your restaurant is already computerized, or 6 months if it isn't — counted from the close of the financial year in which your turnover crossed the threshold. Rule 6 is stricter still: once you're liable, invoices may only be legally issued through e-IMS.
Applies across Punjab
PRA jurisdiction covers every Punjab city — Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Gujranwala, Sialkot, and the rest of the province. A single-outlet café in Gujranwala and a multi-branch chain in Lahore fall under the same rules once they cross the turnover threshold.
Note: some vendor sites claim a Rs 50 million turnover threshold. That figure is incorrect — the gazetted threshold for restaurants is Rs 6 million.
RIMS — now formally e-IMS
The monitoring system was originally introduced under the Punjab Restaurant Invoice Monitoring System Rules 2015 — since repealed. It was replaced by the Punjab Electronic Invoice Monitoring System Rules 2019 (Notification PRA/Orders.06/2019/1495), which is the e-IMS regime restaurants must comply with today. Staff and vendors still say "RIMS" out of habit — the rules and the compliance obligation are now e-IMS, and that's the system your POS actually reports to. If you're briefing an accountant or a new manager, it's worth using both names in the same sentence once, so nobody goes looking for a system that no longer exists under its old name.
How Kliovo Dine connects to PRA
Kliovo Dine connects to your restaurant's own PRA registration — you provide your credentials, and invoices report to PRA in real time under your registration. Kliovo is not a PRA-licensed integrator and holds no separate regulatory status of its own; we're the POS layer that talks to the registration you already hold.
Your credentials, your registration
You add your PRA credentials once during setup. Every invoice after that reports under your own registration — Kliovo never becomes the registered party.
Offline queue
If the portal is down or your connection drops mid-service, invoices are stored locally and synced automatically once you're back online. No sale is ever blocked.
No new hardware
Works with the standard 80mm thermal printers most restaurants already have at the counter. No special terminal, no separate device to manage.
What setup actually looks like
Four steps, no separate compliance project.
Add your PRA credentials
Enter the registration details you already hold with PRA — no new application, no separate account with Kliovo.
Kliovo Dine POS runs as normal
Counter and table orders are entered exactly as before. Nothing changes in how your staff take a sale.
Every invoice reports to e-IMS in real time
As the sale closes, the invoice is transmitted to PRA under your registration — no batching, no end-of-day upload.
Offline sales queue and sync automatically
If the connection drops, invoices are held locally and reported the moment connectivity returns.
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Common questions
PRA compliance, connected in minutes
Add your PRA credentials once. Every invoice after that reports itself.