Running a Gents Salon in Pakistan: Cash, JazzCash, Easypaisa, Raast and Sales Tax

Running a gents salon in Pakistan means handling payments five or six ways in a single afternoon: cash at the counter, JazzCash and Easypaisa transfers, Raast to the salon’s bank account, the odd card, and the regular who says he’ll pay next time. The salons that stay on top of their money record every one of those payments against the sale, at the till, as it happens. The ones that struggle try to rebuild the day from a phone and a drawer at closing time. This guide covers payments, provincial sales tax on services in general terms, karigar commission, and how an Urdu POS and WhatsApp fit into it.

Why do payments get messy in a Pakistani salon?

Because there are so many of them, and most of them don’t go through a machine that keeps a record for you.

• Cash goes into the drawer, but not always through the till.
• JazzCash and Easypaisa land on someone’s phone. Whose phone? The owner’s? The manager’s?
• Raast and bank transfers show up in the bank account a few minutes later, with a name that may not match the client.
• A client pays half cash, half JazzCash.
• A karigar takes payment directly “just this once.”

At the end of the day, the drawer says one number, the wallets say another, and the notebook says a third. Nobody is necessarily stealing. The system is just leaking.

Which payment methods should a salon accept?

Here’s how the common methods compare from the counter.

Method	How the client pays	Where the money lands	What to record at the till
Cash	Notes at the counter	The drawer	Cash, with change given
JazzCash	Transfer to the salon’s JazzCash account	The wallet	JazzCash, with the transaction ID if you want to match later
Easypaisa	Transfer to the salon’s Easypaisa account	The wallet	Easypaisa, with the transaction ID
Raast	Instant transfer to the salon’s bank account	The bank	Raast
Bank transfer	Regular transfer	The bank	Bank transfer
Card	Card terminal from your bank	The bank, after settlement	Card

A few practical rules:

• Use salon accounts, not personal ones. One JazzCash and one Easypaisa account in the salon’s name, shown on a card at the counter. If wallets land on staff phones, you’ll never reconcile them.
• Check the payment before the client leaves. A screenshot isn’t a payment. Look at the wallet or the bank notification.
• Record split payments as splits. Half cash, half Easypaisa means two lines on the sale.
• Treat credit (“udhaar”) as its own thing. If you let regulars pay later, note what is owed on their client card so it doesn’t disappear.

How does sales tax on services work for salons?

In Pakistan, sales tax on services is mostly a provincial matter. Which body you deal with depends on where the salon is:

Region	Authority (general)
Sindh (Karachi, Hyderabad)	Sindh Revenue Board (SRB)
Punjab (Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi)	Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar)	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA)
Islamabad Capital Territory	Federal sales tax on services for ICT

Whether your salon has to register, what rate applies, and how you file depends on the province, the type of salon and the size of the business. Rules and rates get revised in budgets. This is general information only. Read the Federal Board of Revenue (opens in a new tab) material for federal matters and your provincial authority’s guidance for services, and confirm your position with a tax adviser.

What it means for the counter:

• Decide whether your board prices include tax or have tax added on top. Most Pakistani salons show the service price and add applicable sales tax where it applies.
• Show it the same way on the board, the receipt and the report.
• Keep sales by payment method and by day, with tax shown separately. Whatever your adviser asks for, it starts there.

How should karigar commission work?

Many salons pay karigars (skilled barbers) a share of the services they do. Some pay a fixed monthly amount plus a share. Some give a separate, smaller share on products sold. All of these work if the tracking is honest.

Here’s an example of a weekly payout using a 50/50 split on services and a smaller example share on products. The numbers are illustrative, in rupees, not a recommended rate.

Karigar	Services (example, Rs)	Service share at 50%	Products (example, Rs)	Product share at 10%	Payout (example, Rs)
Asif	30,000	15,000	4,000	400	15,400
Bilal	22,000	11,000	1,000	100	11,100
Usman	18,000	9,000	0	0	9,000

The point isn’t the split. The point is that every number in that table comes from sales tagged to the karigar at the till, not from what someone remembers. When karigars can see their own sales for the week, payout day stops being an argument.

Why does an Urdu interface matter?

Because the person at the till might be the newest helper, and the karigars need to check their own numbers.

• A karigar who reads Urdu comfortably but not English won’t use an English-only screen. They’ll ask someone else, or skip it.
• The cashier ringing up a “cutting aur shave” should find it fast, in the language they think in.
• Receipts can still be in English for clients, or bilingual.

Let each user pick their language. The owner can run reports in English while the floor works in Urdu.

How do WhatsApp bookings fit in?

Most clients in Pakistan will WhatsApp the salon rather than book on a website. That’s fine. The rule is simple: one salon WhatsApp number, and one person who puts every booking into the appointment book as it comes in.

Busy evenings and the days before Eid bring a rush of walk-ins on top of bookings. A walk-in queue on a screen, with bookings visible on the same system, keeps the waiting area calm. Reminders can go out by SMS, WhatsApp or email through your messaging provider.

How do I set up payments and commission in the POS, step by step?

Here’s the setup I’d do in the first week.

1. Open salon accounts. One JazzCash, one Easypaisa, one bank account with Raast set up. Put the details on a card at the counter.
2. Add each method as a payment method. Cash and card, plus custom payment methods for JazzCash, Easypaisa, Raast and bank transfer.
3. Enter your services in round rupee prices. Set tax as added or included, matching how you show it on the board.
4. Add every karigar as a user. Set each one’s commission rate on services and on products.
5. Switch the interface to Urdu for the staff who want it.
6. Open a cash register session every morning with the starting float.
7. Ring every sale through the till, tagged to the karigar, with the payment method used.
8. Close the session every night. Count cash, compare each wallet and the bank to the POS totals, and note any difference.
9. Run the commission report weekly and share each karigar’s numbers with them before paying out.

How do I close the day and match every wallet?

Closing is where most salons lose money without noticing. A ten-minute routine every night saves an argument every month.

Check	Compare	If it doesn’t match
Cash	Drawer count vs cash total in the POS, minus the float	Look for sales not rung through the till, or change given wrong
JazzCash	Wallet history vs JazzCash total in the POS	Look for a transfer recorded as cash, or a payment taken on a personal wallet
Easypaisa	Wallet history vs Easypaisa total in the POS	Same as JazzCash
Raast and bank	Bank app vs Raast and bank transfer totals in the POS	Check transfers that arrived late or under a different name
Card	Terminal settlement slip vs card total in the POS	Check refunds and voided sales

Do it the same night. A difference you find at 10pm is easy to explain. A difference you find at the end of the month is not.

A few habits that make closing fast:

• One person closes. Usually the owner or the manager, not whoever is free.
• The float is fixed. The same starting cash every morning, so the count is easy.
• Wallet details stay with the salon. If a karigar leaves, the JazzCash account doesn’t leave with him.

How should I set prices in rupees?

Clients in Pakistan compare salon prices closely, and they remember round numbers. A few practical points:

• Use round rupee prices. Easier for cash, easier for change, easier to remember.
• Price packages for the common combos. “Cutting and shave” or “cutting, shave and facial” at a slightly better price than separately moves the bigger ticket.
• Keep one price list for the whole salon. If a senior karigar charges more, make it a separate service on the menu, not a private arrangement.
• Show how tax is handled. If applicable sales tax is added, say so on the board so the receipt doesn’t surprise anyone.
• Review prices once or twice a year. Rent, electricity and product costs move. Your prices should follow, with notice to regulars.

How getbarberpos handles this

getbarberpos is priced in rupees for Pakistan and built for how salons there take money.

• Payments supports split payments and custom payment methods, so JazzCash, Easypaisa, Raast and bank transfer each get their own line and their own total. getbarberpos records these payments; it doesn’t connect to the wallets or process them.
• Cash register sessions and end-of-day reports show totals by payment method, so you can match the drawer, each wallet and the bank every night.
• Barber commission sets shares per service and per product for each karigar.
• Client cards keep each regular’s history, notes and reward points.
• Languages: Urdu ships with the system, alongside English, Arabic and Spanish.

See the Pakistan page, and the local pages for Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The Full Shop plan is Rs 4,999 a month, plus applicable sales tax.

The bottom line

Record every payment against the sale, in the method it was paid, at the moment it’s paid. Keep salon wallets in the salon’s name, count everything every night, and let karigars see their own numbers. Confirm your sales tax position with your provincial authority or a tax adviser. To see this set up for your salon, book a demo or check Pakistan pricing.