KTBA seeks adjournment of all pending cases till April 7

Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has requested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to grant general adjournment to all pending cases for the next fifteen (15) days till April 07, 2020 including the cases of the Appeal Commissioners' Offices.
In a letter sent to the chairperson FBR, the KTBA urged not to take cases as time barred where the limitation of time is falling within this 15 days lockdown period or immediately thereafter, appeal which couldn't be filed within these 15 days are not rejected because of being time barred, no new notices are issued, no ex parte cases are decided, absenteeism or unintended non-compliance during these 15 days are not taken adversely. Furthermore, it said the time period required for depositing the withholding of income tax and sales tax should automatically be extended.