The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued a clarification on Sunday regarding the recent disturbance in Customs Operations attributed to the upgradation of the FBR Data Center.
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Tax rates on immovable properties for 2021-2022
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued updated rates of withholding tax on sale and purchase of immovable properties.
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Tax rates on car registration for 2021-2022
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued revised rates for advance tax on the registration or transfer of motor car.
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Half a million people pay surcharge to get active taxpayer status
ISLAMABAD: Nearly half of a million people have paid surcharge for appearance in Active Taxpayers List (ATL) to get benefit of exempt withholding tax or reduced rate of withholding tax on various types of transactions.
Sources in Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday said that around 500,000 taxpayers who filed their income tax returns after due date had paid surcharge to appear on the ATL for tax year 2020.
The FBR issues a fresh ATL on March 01 every year on the basis of returns filed for the preceding tax year. The FBR issued ATL for tax year 2020 on March 01, 2021. This ATL carried 2.17 million names of taxpayers who filed their income tax returns by due date or those who filed their returns on the date which was extended by Commissioner Inland Revenue (CIR).
The updated ATL – on the basis of surcharge paid by those person who filed their income tax returns after due date – issued on May 10, 2021 is showing around 2.65 million names of active taxpayers.
The filing of income tax returns is mandatory for all the taxpayers who have taxable income or specified under Section 114 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
As per statute the compliance of mandatory return filing was not enough to avail the reduced rate facility. According to Section 182A of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 the persons who fail to file annual return of income by due date or extended by commissioner Inland Revenue then their names would not be included in the active taxpayers list for the year for which return was not filed.
However, the persons would be included in the taxpayers list on filing return after the due date, if they pay surcharge at: Rs20,000 in case of a company; Rs10,000 in case of an association of persons; and Rs1,000 in case of an individual.
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400,000 taxpayers pay surcharge for ATL
KARACHI: Around 400,000 taxpayers have paid surcharge for appearance on Active Taxpayers List (ATL) for tax year 2020, according to updated active taxpayers list issued on Monday by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The FBR issues a fresh ATL on March 01 every year on the basis of returns filed for the preceding tax year. The FBR issued ATL for tax year 2020 on March 01, 2021. This ATL carried 2.17 million names of taxpayers who filed their income tax returns by due date or those who filed their returns on the date which was extended by Commissioner Inland Revenue (CIR).
The updated ATL – on the basis of surcharge paid by those person who filed their income tax returns after due date – is showing around 2.57 million names of active taxpayers.
The filing of income tax returns is mandatory for all the taxpayers who have taxable income or specified under Section 114 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
As per statute the compliance of mandatory return filing was not enough to avail the reduced rate facility. According to Section 182A of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 the persons who fail to file annual return of income by due date or extended by commissioner Inland Revenue then their names would not be included in the active taxpayers list for the year for which return was not filed.
However, the persons would be included in the taxpayers list on filing return after the due date, if they pay surcharge at: Rs20,000 in case of a company; Rs10,000 in case of an association of persons; and Rs1,000 in case of an individual.
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200,000 late filers get active taxpayers status
ISLAMABAD: Around 200,000 income tax return filers paid surcharge to get their names in Active Taxpayers List (ATL) during past 15 days.
According to latest ATL for tax year 2020 updated up to March 14, 2021 the number of active taxpayers has increased to 2.37 million as compared with 2.17 million persons in the ATL 2020 issued by the FBR on March 01, 2021.
The appearance of taxpayers’ name on the ATL guarantees exemption from withholding tax on various transactions and reduction of withholding tax rate.
The FBR includes names of only those taxpayers, who file their annual returns within due date or it was extended by commissioner appeals on the basis of request filed by the taxpayers.
However, late filers can also enlist their names on the ATL after payment of surcharge.
The payment of surcharge is Rs1,000 for individuals, Rs10,000 for Association of Persons and Rs20,000 is for corporate entities.
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KTBA recommends daily update of ATL file; banks not relying on online verification
KARACHI: Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has advised the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to update Active Taxpayers List (ATL) on daily basis instead weekly as banks were not relying on the online verification of the active taxpayers for purpose of withholding tax deduction.
The KTBA on Saturday said that many taxpayers are making payment of surcharge U/s.182A of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 (Ordinance) for inclusion of their names in the ATL and upon the payment the status of taxpayer is immediately updated in the ATL on the web portal.
However, the excel file available on the FBR web portal of is not being updated which is causing severe problems to the taxpayers as far as withdrawals from banks are concerned.
“The banks are not relying on the online verification available on the web portal of FBR,” the KTBA said.
The KTBA suggested that the excel file (lists) available on the web portal of FBR is updated on daily basis and the banks are also informed to rely on the online verification before withholding deducting the tax on banking transactions in order to facilitate the taxpayers.
The tax bar said that it had received many complaints that where manual extensions were filed/submitted and where no reply was received (whether granted or refused) and the returns were filed within the time applied for; the names of such taxpayers are also not appearing in the ATL though such cases are liable to be treated as filed within the time allowed.
The KTBA advised that where taxpayers have filed the manual extensions within time and where the returns have been filed within the time applied for, the names of such taxpayers should be included in the ATL and the ATL be updated immediately without payment of surcharge as prescribed U/s.182A of the Ordinance.
There are several instances where the taxpayers have opted rightly to file their returns, in time, manually (paper returns) as they were legally not bound to file their returns electronically, their names are also not appearing in the ATL for which we are being informed by our members continuously. We feel that the manual returns have not been digitized and such taxpayers are facing severe problems due to non-appearance of their names in the ATL.
The tax bar suggested that where taxpayers have rightly filed/submitted their returns manually (paper turns), the names of such taxpayers should be included in the ATL forthwith for their facilitation.
The KTBA also received complaints from members and have also noticed that there are instances where extension applications have been submitted via IRIS within time and the same are appearing in the outbox of IRIS unattended by the concerned Commissioners and the returns have also been filed within the time applied for but their names are not appearing in the ATL.
The tax bar said that there is no fault of the taxpayers who have filed the extensions in time that remains unattended and the returns have also been filed within the time applied for.
It suggested that where taxpayers have applied for extensions on IRIS in time, whose applications have remained unattended and the returns have been filed within the time, the names of such taxpayers should also be included in the ATL forthwith for their facilitation
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Income tax return filing hits record high of 3.11 million, reveals last weekly ATL-2019
ISLAMABAD: The annual income tax return filing hit all time high of 3.11 million, according to the last weekly updated Active Taxpayers List (ATL) for Tax Year 2019 issued by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The FBR updated the last weekly ATL for tax year 2019 on February 22, 2021 and received record number on the basis of return filed up to February 21, 2021.
The FBR is scheduled to launch ATL for tax year 2020 on March 01, 2021. Therefore, more returns may be filed for tax year 2019 by February 28, 2021.
The FBR launches ATL every year on March 01 which carries names of those persons filed their income tax returns for immediate past tax year.
Previously, the FBR received 2.8 million income tax returns for tax year 2018 up to February 16, 2020. This shows an 11 percent increase in return filing when compared the two periods.
The FBR on February 24, 2021 announced it will launch the ATL for tax year 2020 on March 01, 2020 on the basis of income tax returns filed by due date or returns filed after due date (till February 28, 2021) with payment of surcharge.
The FBR received income tax returns around 2.52 million for tax year 2020 up to January 30, 2021. However, this number will increase as the ATL 2020 will remain applicable till February 28, 2022.
The revenue body said that persons included in the ATL have various benefits such as exemption from withholding tax at the time of cash withdrawal. Further, other banking transactions and payment of educational fees are also exempted from withholding tax for those persons whose names are on the ATL.
Similarly, those persons appeared on the ATL are entitled to pay reduced rate of withholding tax in making transactions including imports, profits, services, contracts, profit on debt, prizes, purchase of motor vehicles and immovable properties etc.
The FBR said that names of those persons would be included in the ATL-2020 who filed their annual returns within given deadline or filed within extended date given by Commissioner Inland Revenue.
The revenue body said that the ATL is being updated on weekly basis and available on the official website and mobile applications.
Those individuals and companies that failed to make compliance of return filing by due date or extended date given by commissioners Inland Revenue would require to pay surcharges for appearance on the ATL.
The rate of surcharge is Rs20,000 for corporate entities and Rs10,000 for Association of Persons, the FBR added.
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Income tax return filing touches new peak at 3.03 million
ISLAMABAD: Income tax return filing hit record high at 3.03 million for tax year 2019, according to weekly Active Taxpayers List (ATL) updated on Monday.
The FBR issued the weekly ATL – 2019 updated on the basis of returns filed up to January 10, 2021.
The ATL-2019 will remain applicable till February 28, 2021 as the FBR will issue new ATL for tax year 2020 on March 01, 2021.
The return filers including salaried persons, business individuals, Association of Persons (AOPs) and companies can check their names on the ATL by visiting How to check ATL status?
The filing of income tax return is mandatory for persons driving taxable income or specified under Section 114 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
The appearance of names on the ATL is only possible after filing income tax returns within due date. In case persons are not on the ATL then the rate of withholding tax shall be increased by 100 percent on various transactions.
Persons fail to file their returns by due date but file after the date will also not qualify to enlist their name on the ATL until fine is not paid to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
A taxpayer should check his/her status on the ATL before making transactions in order to avail reduced rate of tax rates.
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Updated ATL: FBR receives record 2.96 million returns
ISLAMABAD: The filing of income tax return has reached a new peak of 2.96 million, according to the updated Active Taxpayers List (ATL) issued by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday.
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