Times of Islamabad

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to increase the Income Tax Returns filing date?

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to increase the Income Tax Returns filing date?

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said on Friday there will be nofurther extension in the deadline for filing of income tax returns for thetax year 2019.

It said the Active Taxpayer list of 2018 would be replaced by the list of2019 at midnight on Feb 29.

Those who failed to file returns in the tax year 2019 would be stricken offthe list.

According to the FBR, the number of tax filers has climbed to over 2.44million to date, which shows a 45 per cent increase against 1.687 millionfilers registered during the previous year.

The filers include 2.342701 million individuals, 62403 association ofpersons and 40988 companies.

The tax returns during this month also recorded a 17 per cent increase whencompared to the same month last year.