Every week I get an updated version of the same question from new clients: “I want to register for sales tax — what do I actually need to bring?” The truth is, it varies slightly for sole proprietor, AOP or company, and trading, manufacturing, or services, but the list of necessary documents is the same … Read more
In addition to the step-by-step guides found on this site, there are IRIS questions that are commonly asked and cannot be found in any one IRIS walkthrough, such as account information, password/PIN reset, session behavior, and general task mechanics. The following questions address those topics. Account Basics What is IRIS? IRIS is FBR’s integrated online … Read more
If your company is a registered sales tax taxpayer, you will not directly enter numbers for your Sales Tax Return on Annex-C. First, you need to enter the relevant invoices using the Sales Tax Invoice Management feature. Then, the data will automatically appear in your Sales Tax Return. Below are the step-by-step instructions about how … Read more
Once logged in to IRIS, the dashboard may seem intimidating with the mega menu, tiles, and tabs for different tasks. This guide gives you an overview of each so that you know where to go when looking to complete a task. Not yet logged in? See our step-by-step IRIS login guide. Looking to file a … Read more
If you are required to file a Wealth Statement alongside your income tax return – which most individual filers are – you will enter the information through a “116(2) (Statement of Assets/Liabilities filed voluntarily)” wizard in the IRIS system. This guides you through the entry screens you would encounter: what to report under each category … Read more
If you’re a withholding agent — an employer, company, or anyone else required to deduct tax at source and report it to FBR — you file that report through IRIS as a “165(1) Statement of withholding taxes filed voluntarily.” This is a separate filing to your own income tax return, with its own process. See … Read more
What a Null Sales Tax Return Is A business needs to file a return even if they haven’t been engaging in any taxable activities such as sales/purchases for a given period. To do this, it can use a Null Sales Tax and Federal Excise Return form which states that nothing needs to be declared for … Read more
Why bulk import of Sales Invoices matters If your business writes more than a couple of sales invoices per month, entering them manually in IRIS is slow. FBR provides an Excel template to bulk-upload Sales Tax invoice data into IRIS which includes a built-in “Validate” function for catching errors offline before they are even uploaded … Read more
Why Your Sales Tax Return Shows an Unexpected Figure If you’ve noticed an amount showing under ST-Return Clause 7a on a Sales Tax Return that you didn’t expect to see, it’s unlikely to be due to errors in your own Sales Tax Return. It means one of your buyers or suppliers haven’t submitted their Sales … Read more
Three Numbers That Confuse Almost Every Filer On the Data tab of your Sales Tax Return, you will see three separate sections – Sales Tax Credit, Sales Tax Debit, and Payable, each with their own Calculate button. They all sound similar, but they are three different things, and a common source of confusion when filing. … Read more
