Umair A R Mughal

If you don’t have an NTN or CNIC registered with FBR yet, IRIS lets you self-register before you can log in and file anything. This is the registration wizard – separate from actually logging in and filing your first return – and it also covers the fuller registration profile (property, business, bank account details) you’ll … Read more

Reporting Exports Through Annex-D If your business exports goods, Annex-D of your Sales Tax Return is where you report them. Exports are generally zero-rated for Sales Tax purposes, but they still need to be declared – Annex-D pulls this together from your export Goods Declarations (GDs), the same customs documentation used for imports under Annex-B, … Read more

Claiming Input Tax on Imports Through Annex-B If your business imports goods, the Sales Tax you paid at import stage is claimed as input tax through Annex-B of your Sales Tax Return – separate from Annex-A, which covers domestic purchases. Annex-B works off your Goods Declarations (GDs) rather than supplier invoices, since imported goods are … Read more

What a Null Sales Tax Return Is If your business is registered for Sales Tax but had no taxable activity – no sales, no purchases, nothing to report – for a given tax period, you still need to file something. That’s what a Null Sales Tax and Federal Excise Return is for: a simple statement … Read more

Why Bulk Import Matters for Sales Invoices If your business issues more than a handful of sales invoices a month, entering them one at a time in IRIS is slow. FBR provides an Excel template specifically for bulk-uploading Sales Tax invoice data, with a built-in “Validate” function so you can catch errors offline before they … Read more

Why Your Sales Tax Return Shows an Unexpected Figure If you’ve noticed an amount appearing under ST-Return Clause 7a on your Sales Tax Return that you didn’t expect, it’s almost never a mistake in your own filing. It means one of your buyers or suppliers hasn’t submitted their own Sales Tax return for the corresponding … Read more

Three Numbers That Confuse Almost Every Filer On the Data tab of your Sales Tax Return, you’ll see three separate sections – Sales Tax Credit, Sales Tax Debit, and Payable – each with its own Calculate button. They sound similar but represent three different things, and mixing them up is one of the most common … Read more

Where Purchase Invoices Are Managed in IRIS IRIS’s Invoice Management module lets you add and manage purchase invoice data year-round – both from registered sellers (via STWH withholding invoices) and unregistered sellers – without needing to have a Sales Tax return already open. This is a real improvement over the old e.fbr portal, where you … Read more

Why Sales Tax Returns Have So Many Annexures A Sales Tax Return in IRIS isn’t just one form – it’s a main return plus a set of annexures, each covering a specific type of transaction. Not every business needs every annexure; which ones apply depends entirely on what your business actually does during the tax … Read more

Where Sales Tax Return Filing Happens in IRIS Sales Tax registered taxpayers file their monthly Sales Tax and Federal Excise Return directly through IRIS. After logging in, go to the “Declaration” option from the IRIS mega menu and click “26(1) (Sales Tax and Federal Excise Return filed voluntarily).” This replaces the older e.fbr portal’s year-wise … Read more