{"id":105044,"date":"2026-03-16T14:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=105044"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:55:59","slug":"balochistan-wedding-halls-directed-to-pay-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-wedding-halls-directed-to-pay-taxes.html","title":{"rendered":"Balochistan wedding halls told to register, pay taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Balochistan Revenue Authority (BRA) has directed all wedding halls, lawns, and event service providers in the province to register with the authority and fulfill their tax obligations under the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the BRA, the Balochistan Sales Tax on Services Act, 2015, applies to all wedding-related services, including floral decorations and other event facilities. The tax is set at PKR 10,000 per event or two percent of the service fee, whichever is higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/province-wide-safe-city-system-in-balochistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balochistan CM approves province-wide safe city system<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authority emphasized that input tax credit or adjustments will not be allowed under this scheme. All businesses are required to complete their registration, pay their taxes, and submit returns on time for each tax period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRA officials warned that failure to comply with these requirements could result in penalties and legal action under the law. The move aims to ensure that all event services in the province operate in accordance with tax regulations and contribute to the provincial revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Balochistan Revenue Authority (BRA) has directed all wedding halls, lawns, and event service providers in the province to register with the authority and fulfill their tax obligations under the law. According to the BRA, the Balochistan Sales Tax on Services Act, 2015, applies to all wedding-related services, including floral decorations and other event facilities. The tax is set at PKR 10,000 per event or two percent of the service fee, whichever is higher. Read: Balochistan CM approves province-wide safe city system The authority emphasized that input tax credit or adjustments will not be allowed under this scheme. All businesses are required to complete their registration, pay their taxes, and submit returns on time for each tax period. BRA officials warned that failure to comply with these requirements could result in penalties and legal action under the law. The move aims to ensure that all event services in the province operate in accordance with tax regulations and contribute to the provincial revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":60157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[1952,71342,71804,71806,71808,71807,5768,71341,62101,47357,31455,71810,65347,71805,69096],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-balochistan","9":"tag-bra","10":"tag-bra-rules","11":"tag-event-business","12":"tag-event-services","13":"tag-legal-compliance","14":"tag-marriage-halls","15":"tag-pakistan-taxes","16":"tag-provincial-revenue","17":"tag-sales-tax","18":"tag-tax-compliance","19":"tag-tax-penalties","20":"tag-tax-registration","21":"tag-tent-services","22":"tag-wedding-halls","23":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Balochistan wedding halls directed to pay taxes - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The move aims to ensure that all event services in the province operate in accordance with tax regulations and contribute to the...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-wedding-halls-directed-to-pay-taxes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balochistan wedding halls directed to pay taxes - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The move aims to ensure that all event services in the province operate in accordance with tax regulations and contribute to the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-wedding-halls-directed-to-pay-taxes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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