Coffee-chain Double Shot sealed in Lahore for concealing taxable turnover

LAHORE – The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has sealed seven branches Double Shot, a famous coffee shop in Lahore, for concealing actual taxable turnover. The action was taken PRA Enforcement Commissioner Muhammad Asif under section 59A of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012. PRA said the branches were sealed after it was observed that despite installation of the Electronic Invoice Monitoring System (EIMS), invoices were being issued by bypassing EIMS in violation of Section 5913 of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012 read with the Punjab Electronic Invoice Monitoring System Rules, 2019. “Further, invoices dated 11-06-2026 have been collected which have been issued by-passing the Electronic Invoice Monitoring System (EIMS). The issuance of sales tax invoices outside the EIMS framework deprives the Government of legitimate revenue and constitutes a willful non-compliance on your part,” read official statement. List of Double Shot Braches Sealed in Lahore Following are the seven branches of the coffee shop sealed in Lahore (i) Gulberg Branch (ii) Falcon Complex, Cantt Branch (iii) C Block, Model Town Branch (iv) DHA Phase-6 Branch Lalak Jan Chowk, (v) DHA Phase72 Branch (vi) Pine Avenue Branch (vii) Dolmen Mall Branch”. Officials said it had been observed that the actual sales being made at your business premises are not commensurate with the sales declared in your sales tax returns, indicating that you are suppressing your actual taxable turnover and willfully under-declaring your sales, in violation of the provisions of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012 4. “In view of the foregoing, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred under Section 59A of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012, the undersigned hereby orders to SEAL the business premises of the above-mentioned seven branches forthwith until complete compliant with the provisions of the Act is achieved or for a period of one month, whichever is earlier,” read the order.