Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has said that the administrative operations of FBR is gradually turning out to be fragile as the revenue body has failed to upload tax return format on its E-portal since April 13, 2011 when the draft of tax return 2011 was issued.
According to the statement issued on Wednesday, FBR has continued its administrative mismanagement as the filing of withholding statement format has completely changed without intimating the taxpayer, previously withholding agent while preparing e-statement has to fill consolidated figure of three months and CPR number and of last challan to avoid multiple entries and suddenly entire software system was changed and every withholding agent has to fill each and every entry of withholding of tax challans and flood surcharge it means if one company has 500 employees than one has to feed 1500 entries for tax deduction and 1500 entries for flood surcharge.
In addition to this if withholding agent has paid someone ten times in a month and deducted tax ten times then withholding agent has enter ten times in his monthly statement which is again unnecessary burden/exercise. The system support of FBR web portal is not responding as modern and sophisticated software, which is needed for these types of traffic and services for the taxpayer. However, despite all challenges taxpayers tried to file their e-returns /statement within time, but these types of changes in system should be intimated prior to implementation, otherwise it will create hardship for the withholding agents.-PR