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ISLAMABAD: Tax practitioners, tax advisers, chartered accountants and tax experts have requested caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar to grant one-month extension in date for filing of income tax returns up to November 30, 2023 on humanitarian grounds.

In this connection, Javed Iqbal Qazi, Advocate Supreme Court has written a letter to finance minister here on Wednesday.

According to the tax expert, it is submitted that the income tax returns for the Tax Year 2023 have been filed by 2.9 million taxpayers up to Oct 31, 2023 against the FBR’s estimate of 4.7 million.

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Due to climatic conditions, advocates, tax practitioners and their staff are suffering from various ailments including dengue, seasonal fever and other diseases, Qazi said.

Therefore, they have not been able to prepare and submit returns of their clients. Moreover, due to adverse financial position of the taxpayers at large the taxpayers have not been able to deposit their tax liability in the government treasury.

Although the data for the preparation of the returns is available with the Advocates, Chartered Accountants and Tax Practitioners yet due to non-availability of their staff they are not in a position to prepare the returns and issue challans to their clients for depositing the same in government treasury. Last year, the last date for Tax Year 2022 was extended by the federal government up to December 15, 2022.

Tax adviser said that the interim government is here to facilitate the common man of the country and not to punish/penalise them.

The tax advisers have received massages from members from all over Pakistan to request for extension of date. The FBR offices/banks closed at 5:00 pm on Oct 31, 2023 whereas in the past the offices/banks used to close on midnight on the last date.

In the best interest of country, revenue and taxpayers, the last date of filing/submission of returns be extended to November 30, 2023 instead of October 31, 2023, Qazi added.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2023

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Shaikh Ziaullah Nov 02, 2023 08:45am
Last date is last and final do not extend the date arrest defaulters.
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Usman Nov 02, 2023 09:24am
lame excuse
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Mark Nov 02, 2023 10:24am
IT tax return date be extended. Those who request date extension are neither defaulters nor corrupt, they want extension because want to file the return and could not do in time.
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IWEL Nov 02, 2023 10:28am
at least these so called 'advisers' come up with a logical excuse.
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Ano. Nomous Nov 02, 2023 10:43am
Completely bogus, irrelevant and childish arguments in favour of extension. We hv all gotten used to dong things at the last moment, never well in time. There should be no extension given.
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Ahmed Nov 02, 2023 11:24am
@Usman, This is not a lame excuse the number to practitioners filing return are limited in the country and the load of filing the return is massive on each on them ...
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Abdul Khalique Nov 02, 2023 12:55pm
Thanks for above suggestion and that Finance Minister will take good decision.
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RIZWAN AHMED Nov 02, 2023 01:34pm
The extension of the last date for IT returns without any loss to the government can encourage a change in the habit of late filing on a step-by-step basis. Each year, such changes can be made, and in the last year (2022), the final date was extended to December 15, 2022. If the government decides to continue this approach for Tax Year 2023, the last date could be extended until November 2023, further promoting the gradual shift in filing habits.
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Javed Iqbal Nov 02, 2023 05:54pm
@Shaikh Ziaullah, which law is there for non filing of return to arrest? Just wanted to introduce one self is easy task let FBR give your support and ask them even to touch a single non filer it will be end of all chamchas
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Irfan Azam Nov 02, 2023 05:55pm
It's public distrust only . No one believes in it . The government is not true representative of people & every one knows that .
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Javed Iqbal Nov 02, 2023 05:56pm
No one has the right to introduce oneself so cheaply, FBR has no powers to arrest any one for delayed filing or not filing the return timely. Keep you words upto you they have a lot of advisors and legal experts to look after there issues
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سکندر خان ایڈووکیٹ ھائی کورٹ پشاور Nov 02, 2023 07:12pm
خکومت کو چاہیے کہ وہ کسی بھی صورت میں ٹیکس گوشوارے کی تاریخ نہ بڑھائیں کیوں کہ ٹیکس گزاروں سے یہ عادت نکل جائے اور ساتھ ھی فوری طور پر جن ٹیکس گزاروں نے گوشوارے جمع نہ کیے گوں ان کو اے ٹی ایل سے نام خارج کرے۔۔۔
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Irfan Amjadsheikh Nov 02, 2023 07:39pm
@Mark, Agreed
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Irfan Amjadsheikh Nov 02, 2023 07:40pm
Date should be extended .Taxpayers be given more time .
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Kazim Hameed Zaheer & Co (IT Consultants) Nov 02, 2023 08:02pm
After said deadline the curious formula has been works....hey taxpayers be ready (Notice U/S 114 (4) non-filing +182 penalty notice then 176 obtain information then show cause 177, after correspondence hearing fixed now attend hearing pay bribe (CASE CLOSED) That is FBR (Nothing compromise in quality) branches in all city.
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S b ather Nov 02, 2023 08:20pm
Illiterate people do not understand problems of professionals, only passing on remarks, Leave idiots, date shall be extended, and ll as ever shall file smoothly, NO LOSS TO ECONOMY BY EXTENSION ONLY TAX NET SHALL INCREASE.
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Ahmad Nov 03, 2023 05:39am
@Shaikh Ziaullah, Do you have any problem in extension of filing date, this nothing to do with you. Facilitation is virtue.
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shahidmitro Nov 03, 2023 07:44am
it is the duty of interim govt.to work for the faclitation of peaple of Pakistan.when last year date was fix by 15 december 2022 then why not extention should be granted this year?
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Pakistani Nov 03, 2023 03:42pm
No extension should be granted.
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Dr Mansur Muzaffar Nov 03, 2023 05:53pm
Very lame rather childish excuse! Don't extend date. Impose heavy penalties on defaulters.
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Dr Mansur Muzaffar Nov 03, 2023 05:56pm
Very lame rather childish excuse. Don't extend date of filing of income tax return. Impose heavy penalties on defaulters.
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Knight Rider Nov 03, 2023 07:17pm
Most of wealthy people do not pay taxes and file returns. Only we who are individual salaried person files return. Govt should give us flexibility to file returns. Must extend dates till 15 Nov 2023. For non filer all 100 perecent surcharge should be applied. Non filers could not be allowed to purchase car air tickets property etc and incentives to be extended to filers.
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PTI worker Nov 03, 2023 07:54pm
Half the people here complaining about extension in tax filing don't even file taxes. Lol
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Shafiq Ul islam Nov 05, 2023 04:27pm
Extend the date of the tax return
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Muhammad Fahad Nov 07, 2023 06:42am
@Ahmad, yeh I have a problem cause instead of extending the date put penelty on non filer will generate more tax revenues.
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