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If you’re asking yourself what is the income tax return last date (or deadline) in Pakistan for 2026, it appears to be 30 September 2026 for salaried individuals and Associations of Persons (AOPs), and 31 December 2026 for companies with a June year-end. This page will track the official FBR deadline, any extension announcement, and … Read more

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

What Return Filing on Notice Means If FBR’s tax office has issued you a notice asking you to file an Income Tax Return or submit a required declaration, you respond to it directly through IRIS rather than filing a separate standalone return from scratch. This is different from your regular Voluntary Return filing – it’s … Read more

A notice under Section 182 imposing a penalty for contravention of any provision of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 means FBR believes you’ve breached a specific compliance requirement — a missed filing, an incorrect statement, or failure to comply with an earlier notice — and is proposing a monetary penalty for it. Understanding which provision … Read more

A notice under Section 147 asks you to pay advance tax on income FBR estimates you’ll earn during the current tax year — it’s a forward-looking demand, not a correction of a past return. If you’ve received one, understanding how advance tax works helps you respond correctly instead of either overpaying or ignoring a real … Read more

CPR stands for Computerized Payment Receipt — the official proof that a tax payment has actually reached FBR’s treasury. If you’ve paid tax through a bank challan or online, verifying your CPR is how you confirm the payment was correctly recorded against your NTN, not just deducted from your account. What a CPR Actually Is … Read more

A surprising number of clients come to us thinking they need to log into IRIS just to check whether their NTN is active — they don’t. FBR runs a separate public tool for exactly this, and most people never notice it because it’s tucked under a menu item called “Verifications” that looks more like a … Read more

If you’ve ever tried logging into IRIS and gotten stuck on a blank white screen or an “invalid credentials” error for no obvious reason, you’re not alone — it’s one of the most common calls we get from clients. Here’s how the login actually works, and where people usually go wrong. Where to Log In … Read more