The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is facing increasing pressure as it is struggling to meet its tax collection goals, income tax return filing is far behind in the number and technical issues of the previous year, which increases the situation.
If or September 30, only 3.2 million income tax deductions were filed, which is less than half of the 7.7 million returns submitted for the previous tax year. This decline comes at a critical time, as the FBR has achieved its first quarter income target to achieve Rs 500. 3.083 trillion.
The situation has worsened due to repeated technical obstacles. On Monday, the FBR’s Air Portal, used across the country to submit tax declarations, remained inaccessible to most parts of the day. The closure unable to submit taxpayers and tax practice returns for the tax year 2025, which made immediate calls from professional agencies and tax advisers to extend the deadline for filing.
The Lahore Tax Bar Association (LTBA) picked up the alarm in a letter to the Finance Minister, warning that the Irsa Portal’s time -time taxpayers could lead to non -compliance with the taxpayers. The LTBA said, “Unable to submit income tax statements due to the closure of tax practitioners and taxpayers,” the LTBA said, requested the authorities to resolve the issue and extend the deadline.
Meanwhile, the FBR has extended the deadline to implement tax -free imports and real -time electronic sales tax reporting for traders, highlighting the challenges in the tax administration.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also pressured the FBR to show concrete progress on its change plan, which was approved by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif last year. 55 billion in the fund. The purpose of this project is to modernize and promote the tax administration, but both the FBR’s constant struggle, technical and operational emphasizes the work scale.