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Last updated: 24 September 2026 | By Umair A R Mughal The FBR income tax return last date for Tax Year 2026 is 30 September 2026. This applies to salaried individuals, business individuals, freelancers and Associations of Persons (AOPs). Companies with a June year-end have until 31 December 2026. Extension status: FBR has not announced … Read more

If you’re wondering what the deadline for filing income tax return in Pakistan for 2026, it looks like 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 keep you updated with FBR’s deadline, what happens if you miss the deadline, … Read more

If you haven’t yet registered an NTN or CNIC with FBR, IRIS lets you self-register before logging in for the first time and filing a return. This is the registration wizard — separate from actually logging in and filing your first return — and includes the extended profile (property, business, bank account details) you’ll fill … 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, this needs to be responded to via IRIS, rather than your regular standalone Voluntary Return filing procedure. This is distinct from the process of filing your regular … Read more

A notice under Section 182 imposing penalty for the contravention of any provision of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 means FBR is considering that you have not complied with a certain requirement, e.g. you missed a filing or submitted an incorrect statement or did not follow instructions in a previous notice from FBR and is … Read more

A notice under section 147 calls for the payment of advance tax on income which FBR estimates you will earn during the current tax year. It is a forward-looking demand and not a rectification of a past return. If you have received a notice asking you to make advance tax payments, knowing what advance tax … Read more

CPR stands for Computerized Payment Receipt – the official proof that a tax payment has been received by FBR’s treasury. It’s crucial to verify your CPR, particularly if you’ve paid tax through a bank challan or online, to confirm that the tax has indeed been correctly credited against your NTN and not just debited from … Read more

A surprising number of clients come to us thinking they must be logged into IRIS to verify an NTN is active – they don’t have to be. FBR has its own public tool for this purpose that is easily overlooked under a menu labeled “Verification.” To find a company NTN by name, try our NTN … Read more

If you’ve tried to log into IRIS but have been greeted with a blank white screen or a prompt that you’ve entered “invalid credentials” (despite being certain that you’ve entered correct information), you’re not alone – it’s one of the most common concerns we receive about IRIS from our clients. Please see below for how … Read more