Punjab revenue authority plans QR code reward scheme
A PRA spokesperson says diners who pay hotel and restaurant bills by QR code will get incentives, and businesses refusing the method face legal action.
The Punjab Revenue Authority plans to reward customers who pay their hotel and restaurant bills by QR code, part of a push to move the province's hospitality sector onto digital payments.
A spokesperson for the authority said the scheme will offer incentives to customers who settle bills through QR codes at participating hotels and restaurants across Punjab. Customers will pay as they normally would, by scanning a code, and become eligible for the reward.
The PRA said the scheme is meant to make cashless transactions more convenient and more rewarding for consumers, and to draw both businesses and diners towards modern payment systems. The spokesperson said the authority is taking steps to expand digital payment facilities in the hospitality sector.
Minute Mirror reported the spokesperson as warning that strict legal action would be taken against businesses that refuse to accept QR code payments. The authority wants compliance with the digital payment requirement, according to that account.
According to the PRA, wider use of digital payment will improve transparency in financial transactions and strengthen public confidence in the tax collection system. The authority also expects the scheme to help document economic activity in the hotel and restaurant sector, making transactions easier to monitor and improving tax compliance.
ProPakistani first reported that the authority plans the reward scheme. UrduPoint reported that rewards had been announced for restaurant customers paying by QR code.
The reports did not carry a start date for the scheme, the size or form of the rewards, or a list of participating hotels and restaurants. No terms of the scheme appeared in the reports.
How the reports differ
Minute Mirror carried the PRA spokesperson's account in detail, including the warning that strict legal action would follow businesses refusing QR code payments and the argument that the scheme will improve tax transparency. ProPakistani led on the plan for a reward scheme itself, and UrduPoint's headline reported that rewards had been announced for restaurant customers paying by QR code. The two shorter reports did not carry the warning to businesses.
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