ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is considering to extend the date of filing of Income Tax returns and statements for Tax Year 2017 till 31st of December 2017.
According to the sources of the FBR, taxpayers were complaining to the FBR that they are facing problems in filing the online returns and demanded that date of filing of income returns and statement be extended for further 15 days. The FBR will extend the date till 31st of December 2017 but this will be the final time for filing the tax returns
No more time will be given to the taxpayers. It is pertinent to mention here that use of powers under the Section 214A of the Income Tax Ordinance, the FBR is extending the date of filing of returns and statements for the Tax Year 2017.
The date of filing of returns of total income and statements of final taxation, which was due on 30th of November 2017, was extended up to 15th of December 2017. So the date for filing of returns and statements is now likely to be further extended up to 31st of December 2017.
