ISLAMABAD – Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed filing of Income Taxreturns until 17th December 2018 because of the weekend failing on 15thDecember which was previously announced as the deadline for filing ofreturns, says a statement issued by the FBR today.
The statement issued by the Official Spokesperson FBR says that a number ofqueries have been received about extension of last date of filing of returnbut the return filing date is not being extended any further. However,since the last date of filing of return falls on a non-working day, henceas per General Clauses Act the closing date for filing of Income Taxreturns falling on 15th December 2018 as per previous announcement isautomatically extended to next working day i.e. Monday the 17th ofDecember.
The tax offices will be extending help in filing of returns on Monday tillclose of office hours and the returns will be received electronically till12 midnight.
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Moreover, the Commissioners are also authorized to grant extension for aperiod up to 15 days on case-to-case basis. Although the receipt of returnwill not be blocked after due date, yet as per existing law, the names ofpersons who fail to file return by the closing date (or by the dateextended by the Commissioners) will not be put on the Active Taxpayers List.
