The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has included taxpayers of the Council Board of Revenue, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, in Active Taxpayers List (ATL) of FBR to facilitate AJK-based business community. Sources told Business Recorder here on Wednesday that consequent upon the amendments made to Clause 23A of Section 2 of Income Tax Ordinance 2001, through Finance Act, 2018, taxpayers of Council Board of Revenue, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, have been included in Active Taxpayers List of the Federal Board of Revenue.
Through online verification portal of the FBR, AJ&K taxpayer would be able to check their name in ATL by visiting FBR online verification portal. The persons conducting various businesses/transactions within the territory of Pakistan and filing their income tax returns in the territories of AJ&K and Gilgit-Baltistan are subjected to higher withholding tax rates applicable to non-filers as their names do not appear in the Active Taxpayers List being maintained by FBR. In order to mitigate the hardship of such persons, it has been decided that the persons appearing on the Active Taxpayers List maintained by the Inland Revenue Department in AJ&K and the Gilgit-Baltistan Council Board of Revenue shall be treated as filers under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, they added.
Under Finance Act 2018, in clause (23A), after the word Board, the expression ?or Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council Board of Revenue or Gilgit-Baltistan Council Board of Revenue shall be inserted, Finance Act 2018.
According to FBR, taxpayers of Council Board of Revenue, Azad Jammu and Kashmir can access their filer status through following online services of FBR:
SMS service: AJ&K taxpayer can check filer status by sending message to 9966 in the following pattern:
AJKATL <
AJKATL <
Online Verification Portal: AJ&K Taxpayer can check their name in ATL by visiting FBR online verification portal on the following link and by providing their CNIC/NTN without dashes. https://e.fbr.gov:pk/esbn/
ATL Excel Sheet: Data of AJ&K active taxpayers has been merged with FBR excel sheet which can be downloaded from FBR's official website www.fbr.gov.pk, the FBR added.
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