ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been urged to fix its electronic system “IRIS”, which is not properly accepting/processing refund applications from the taxpayers.
According to a tax expert, the IRIS (https://iris.fbr. gov.pk) is unable to cater the refunds applications from the taxpayers who had duly filed their income tax returns since August 2016.
The FBR, exercising the powers conferred upon it under Section 214A of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, has already extended date of filing of return firstly through Circular 09 of 2016 and secondly through Circular 11 of 2016 and now the last date to file the tax return is October 31.
Tax lawyer Waheed Shahzad Butt also said that the FBR’s electronic system has completely failed to accept/process the refund applications for the Tax Year 2016 and despite repeated attempts by the taxpayers.
