KARACHI: Non-filers of income tax return will not be included in the Active Taxpayers List (ATL) 2022, officials in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said.
The last date for filing income tax returns for tax year 2022 is December 2022. The date has already been extended twice. The actual last date for filing income tax return for tax year 2022 was September 30, 2022. But it was extended up to October 31, 2022 and then up to November 30, 2022.
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The FBR officials said that according to tax laws persons failing to file annual returns would not be included in the ATL.
The ATL for tax year 2022 will be issued on March 01, 2023.
Section 182A of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 explained repercussions of return not filed within due date.
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The text of the section is as follow:
182A. Return not filed within due date.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, where a person fails to file a return of income under section 114 by the due date as specified in section 118 or by the date as extended by the Board under section 214A or extended by the Commissioner under section 119, as the case may be, such person shall—
(a) not be included in the active taxpayers’ list for the year for which return was not filed within the due date:
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Provided that without prejudice to any other liability under this Ordinance, the person shall be included in the active taxpayer ‘ list on filing return after the due date, if the person pays surcharge at Rupees-
(i) twenty thousand in case of a company;
(ii) ten thousand in case of an association of persons;
(iii) one thousand in case of an individual.
“Explanation.—For the removal of doubt it is clarified that the provisions of this section shall apply from tax year 2018 and onwards for which the first Active Taxpayers List is to be issued on first day of March, 2019 under Income Tax Rules, 2002; and
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(b) not be allowed, for that tax year, to carry forward any loss under Part VIII of Chapter IV;
(c) not be issued refund during the period the person is not included in the active taxpayers’ list; and
(d) not be entitled to additional payment for delayed refund under section 171 and the period the person is not included in the active taxpayers’ list, shall not be counted for computation of additional payment for delayed refund.
