The following documents (duly attested by Chamber of Commerce & Industries, President / Chairman of the Concerned Association, Any Assistant Collector of Sales Tax or Superintendent of Registration) are required to file to the authority for registration:

• Filling of the Form, singed by any one director & rubber stamp.
• NIC of the director, who is signing the application form.
• NTN Certificate or photocopy & original of Income Tax Assessment Order for the last year.
• Certificate of appointment as Distributor.
• Latest Bank Certificate along with financial worth.
• Declaration of home address and details of all properties owned.
• Attested documents of ownership or lease or Certificate of the business / manufacturing premises. In case of leased / rented premises NOC from landlord.
• Memorandum and Articles of Association and Certificate of Incorporation and or business commencement certificate.
• Photocopies of utility bills of the premises in the name of applicant or landlord.
• Proof of any letter received on the declared address in the application form.

List of Machinery (if manufacturer).
Through S.R.O. 485(I)/2004, the Government of Pakistan has introduced Sales Tax Rules, 2004, whereunder the procedure of registration under Sales Tax Act, 1990, has been simplified. Under the new rules, a person applying for registration is only required to file application by providing therein required information through registered mail (acknowledgment due) or through courier service to the local registration office having jurisdiction. The local office transmits the application to central registration office. The office verifies the contents of application and issues registration certificate thereafter. The status of application can be checked online on official website of Central Board of Revenue at www.cbr.gov.pk.  With the introduction of filing through Courier Service, the time required to sales tax registration was reduced to about 5-7 days

The employment tax or social security registration is not mandatory, but subject to notification in the Official Gazette. The Social Security Institute (SSI) is managed by the provincial governments and charges are levied on the employers, whether incorporated or not, at 7% of wages up to PKR 5,000 per month. In case any worker due to increase in wages, starts drawing more than PKR 5000 per month, Social Security Contribution at the rate of 7% is payable for PKR 5000 only and nothing is payable on the amount in excess of PKR 5000.
Workers Children (Education) Ordinance, 1972. Every employer of an establishment in which the number of workers employed at any time during a year is ten or more shall pay to the Provincial Government an education cess at the rate of one hundred rupees per worker per annum. The levy is used for providing education free of costs two (2) children of every worker employed in the establishment.
Social Security Institution conducts surveys periodically and prepares the lists for notification under social security ordinance. This is done by the social security institution at its own convenience and in keeping with its own consideration.

The provisions of Employees' Old-Age Benefits Act, 1976 automatically apply to every industry or establishment wherein ten or more persons are employed by the employer directly or through any other person, or were so employed on any day during the preceding twelve months and shall continue to apply to every such industry or establishment even if the numbers of persons employed therein is, at any time after the Act becomes applicable to it is reduced to less than ten.
From 1st day of July 2001, an insured person is required to pay his personal contribution at the rate of PKR 20 only per month and not PKR 50 as printed.
Employees Old Age Benefit is payable at the rate of 6%. Reference sec: 9 (1) of Employment Old Age Act, 1976.The percentage was increased to 6% for all employees but is payable on wages PKR 3000 per month. On the amount in excess PKR 3000 per month the contribution is not payable.

Every establishment and factories employing clerical staff within the factory premises other than a one-man shop shall be registered with the Deputy Chief Inspector for the area within which such establishment is situated.
Any application for registration of an establishment under section 24 of West Pakistan Shops & Establishment Ordinance, 1969 shall be made by the employer in form “A” and shall be accompanied by a Treasury challan - Receipts under the West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969.
An application for registration of an establishment shall be made within two months of the setting up of the establishment.
On receipt of application and the fees, the Deputy Chief Inspector shall, on being satisfied about the correctness of the application, register the establishment in the Register of Establishment to be maintained in Form ”B” and shall issue Registration Certificate to the employer in Form “C”.