ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday extended the date for filing sales tax return for the month of June 2022 up to July 20, 2022.
The FBR in an official note extended the date of payment and submission of sales tax and federal excise return for the tax period of June 2022, for all taxpayers, up to July 20, 2022.
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Earlier, the Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) on July 14, 2022 urged the FBR to extend the date for filing sales tax return and quarterly statement of income tax withholding up to July 31, 2022.
KTBA President Syed Rehan Hasan Jafri in a letter sent to FBR Chairman Asim Ahmad requested to extend the date of filing quarterly income tax withholding statement and monthly sales tax return for June 2022 up to July 31, 2022.
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The KTBA informed the FBR chairman that as business of the whole country was closed due to the Eid holidays from July 08, 2022 to July 12, 2022 whereas the last date for filing the Quarterly Statements under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, and Monthly Sales Tax Return under the Sales Tax Act for the Tax Period of June 2022 is due on the 20th July, 2022 and the 15th July, 2022 and the 18th July, 2022 respectively.
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Due to the holidays, few working days are left to feed and put all the data entries in the Quarterly Statement and Monthly Sales Tax Return which may kindly be extended looked into for the sake of facilitation on the genuine taxpayers of the country who are working on behalf of the FBR as withholding agents and contributing a huge amount into the exchequer without any compensation as their legal obligation.
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