ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will issue income tax notices bearing verifiable bar codes from next financial year.
The income tax notices to be issued from 1st July 2015 will be computer-generated and they will bear bar codes that can be verified from the FBR’s web portal.
To ensure that the income tax notices are genuine, taxpayers will be able to visit FBR’s portal https://e.fbr.gov.pk/, click “Help & Support” menu and select “Online Notice Verification”. Then, they should type the given numbers with the Bar Code and click ‘search.’ This will bring up the data in case of a genuine notice.
In case the bar code is not confirmed from FBR’s record, the system will display ‘Invalid Bar Code’. In the latter case, recipients of such notices should immediately report the matter to the relevant Chief Commissioner-RTO office.
In case of non-action by Chief Commissioner of RTO, taxpayers receiving notice with invalidated bar-code, may lodge a maladministration complaint under Section 7 of FBR Act via post or email to Mr. Nadeem Dar, Member (FATE), FBR House, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad. Email: [email protected].
