Karachi, October 8, 2025 – The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has called on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to remove all pending requests for return filing deadline extensions from the IRIS portal.
In a formal letter to the FBR, the KTBA pointed out that numerous taxpayers had earlier filed applications under Section 119 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, requesting extensions before the FBR’s recent blanket relief. According to KTBA, many of these requests are still visible on the IRIS system, despite the fact that the FBR has already extended the filing deadline for all taxpayers until October 15, 2025, through Circular No. 4 of 2025-26.
The KTBA noted that this overlap could lead to unnecessary confusion, including incorrect penal proceedings and potential litigation against otherwise compliant taxpayers. Some of the earlier applications were approved or rejected, while many remain pending in the commissioners’ inboxes without any official action.
The association emphasized that since a universal extension has already been granted, the pending individual applications have become redundant. Leaving them active on the portal, the KTBA warned, may undermine the clarity and efficiency of the FBR’s compliance system.
Therefore, the KTBA urged the tax authority to instruct all Commissioners-IR to promptly delete these outdated extension requests from the IRIS system to prevent legal complications and protect compliant taxpayers from undue inconvenience.