Times of Islamabad

FBR launches yet another initiative for improving tax mechanism in the country

FBR launches yet another initiative for improving tax mechanism in the country

ISLAMABAD: In an effort aimed at improving tax mechanisms and facilitatingthe taxpayers, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced to launchits forms in Urdu language.

In a series of messages posted on the official Twitter accountlink,the FBR spokesman said that tax and wealth statement forms for salariedpersons and small retailers filing their returns have been introduced inUrdu.

“They are provided on the Iris web portal of the FBR,” the tax collectionbody said.

The spokesman further said that they have also prepared other tax forms inUrdu with the support of Wizard and would soon be provided online.

On September 09 link,the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) launched a user-friendly mobileapplication for filing income tax returns.

According to the FBR spokesperson, the online income tax returns form isavailable on FBR website. He said that currently, the application wasavailable in the English language only, however the board would considerlaunching its Urdu version to facilitate the maximum number of people.

“You will feel it very easy to use it and file income tax returns,” he saidwhile responding to various queries of the journalists.