FBR extends deadline of submission of Income Tax Returns till Oct 15

Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue on Tuesday night extended the date for submission of Income Tax Returns till October 15, the FBR stated, ARY News reported.

The government taking a major step for the people has extended the deadline for the submission of the Income Tax Returns for a more 15 days.

The FBR has issued a notification in the regard as well stating the Income Tax Returns can be submitted till October 15.

The FBR sources apprised that as many as 400000 or 0.4 million people have submitted the Income Tax Returns.

The tax payers can swiftly file their Income Tax Return through a simple Income Tax Return form available on the FBR website.

Earlier, the FBR has announced September 30 as the last date for the filing of the Income Tax Returns.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Business community has been demanding the extension in the deadline of the filing of the Income Tax Returns.

Earlier, The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has completed preparations for an audit of 1,00000, Income Tax Returns from October 1st. ARY News reported citing sources.

The FBR Sources said that the FBR would conduct the audit of the Income Tax Returns belonging to the business community with profoundness.

Those who hiding their wealth would be dealt with strictness, the sources added.

The sources apprised that the business community can get into trouble for false, misleading information in returns.

The business community members paying less taxes would undergo tougher audits, the sources adds.

The FBR sources said that the auditors would conduct audit of the Income Tax Returns of those tax payers paying less taxes then previous year.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) removed the ‘estimated market value column’ from income tax return form 2025 on the directions of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the facilitation of taxpayers.

The prime minister constituted a committee, chaired by the Federal Minister for Law Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar to examine the new column introduced by FBR in the IRIS tax return requiring tax filers to declare the estimated fair market value of moveable and immovable assets, assess its implications for the tax filers, and recommend corrective measures or improvements, said a news release.

The Committee comprised of the Federal Minister for Petroleum, Minister of State for Finance, Attorney General for Pakistan, SAPM on Coordination of Office of DPM, Secretary Finance, Chairman FBR, and Member Customs FBR.

The Committee held a meeting on Friday, 26 September. After detailed deliberations, the Committee recommended that the new column introduced in the IRIS tax return, requiring the declaration of the estimated fair market value of moveable and immovable assets by the tax filer, may be removed in the interest of simplifying the tax filing process.

The recommendation was submitted to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has approved the recommendation of the Committee.

In pursuance of the directions of the Prime Minister, and keeping in view the difficulties being faced by taxpayers, the column of “Estimated Fair Market Value” has been removed from the Income Tax Return.

It is clarified that the said column had been introduced solely for the purpose of data collection to support the Economic Survey and had no bearing whatsoever on the assessment of income or tax liability.

FBR remains committed to facilitating taxpayers in all possible ways and urges all eligible taxpayers to file their Income Tax returns correctly and with honesty at the earliest, as the deadline for filing is 30th September, 2025.