Income Tax Refund Processing Services in Pakistan

Where the tax paid in a year is more than your true liability, you are entitled to a refund under Section 170. However, filing your annual return is insufficient by itself. You also need to apply for a refund on IRIS to start the process.

Once your annual return is filed on IRIS, log back in and submit a refund application under Section 170. Make sure your IBAN is saved in your IRIS profile, because refunds are paid to your bank account. If you would rather not do it yourself, we handle the calculation, documents, filing and follow-up.

You must apply for a refund within 2 years of filing your return or paying the tax, whichever is later. After this time the claim lapses and the extra tax can no longer be recovered, so it is worth checking your past years now.

The law allows the Commissioner Inland Revenue 60 days from receipt of your application to issue a written decision. However, in practice, offices can take longer, especially without a follow-up. We track each application, and chase it if the 60 days have passed.

Refunds are paid by transfer to your bank account, so the IBAN in your IRIS profile must be correct and in your own name. Check it before you apply, because a missing or wrong IBAN is a common reason a refund gets delayed.

Any person whose tax paid for the year is more than their true liability. This includes salaried people who have had excess tax deducted by their employer, businesses with excess advance tax, individuals with excess tax on bank profit, freelancers with excess deductions on foreign remittances, and companies which overpaid quarterly advance tax.

Fees depend on the complexity of the refund — the number of income heads, WHT certificates to reconcile, and whether prior-year applications are involved. Simple salaried refunds are priced lower than multi-year business refunds. Contact TaxAccountant.pk for a free assessment and fee quote.

Yes, as long as each year is still inside its own 2-year window. We look through your past years for refunds you are still entitled to, file the applications before the deadlines and follow each one until it is paid.

Common reasons include WHT certificate figures that do not match the return, no IBAN registered in IRIS, missing documents, differences in advance tax challans, or a return that does not clearly show a refund amount. If your claim was rejected, we review the notice, correct the documents and file again.

Yes. We serve clients in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad and other cities across Pakistan, and the whole process runs online: you can share your documents on WhatsApp or email.