Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has requested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the date of e-filing of returns till December 31, 2017. In a letter sent to chairman FBR, the KTBA stated that since November 30, 2017, the IRIS had been working at snail's pace due to changes being made in the system and it has created problems for tax practitioners in e-filing of tax returns.
It further said that the date extension up to December 15, 2017 was not in accordance with the time provided in the statute as already informed and mentioned in earlier letters which, in any case, needed further extension to meet the appropriate requirement of the statute. Keeping the said in view, KTBA has no alternative but to request further extension up to December 31, 2017 for e-filing of returns/statements.