One reason for the slower than expected response to the tax amnesty scheme announced by the former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was that people were waiting to see what the Supreme Court would decide regarding the scheme. The Supreme Court of Pakistan had taken suo motu notice of the issue and people were awaited its decision before moving ahead on the matter. Now that the Supreme Court has given the go-ahead on the amnesty scheme and positive expectations are being attached to it, this may be just the right time to learn how to file taxes.
Being an income tax filer has its own benefits, and to attract greater numbers of people to file their taxes, the government has added even more incentives, the most notable of which has been the provision that non-filers can’t buy property valued at greater than PKR 5 million.
So how can you become an income tax filer online? Follow these steps:
Who can apply for online registration?
1. Only an individual can register through e-filing system. So, associations of persons and companies have to go through a slightly lengthier process
2. The e-filing is applicable only for the filing of income tax returns, but not sales tax returns.
What do you require for filing income tax returns?
According to the details provided by FBR, you require the following things to become a tax filer, if you are registering online:
1.A cell phone with SIM registered against your own CNIC.
2. A personal email address belonging to you.
3. Scanned pdf files of:
4. Certificate of maintenance of personal bank account in your own name.
5. Evidence of tenancy/ownership of business premises, if you own a business. Paid utility bill of business premises not older than 3 months, if you own a business.
How to register for income tax e-filing?
1.Visit the FBR website and open the “File Returns” tab encircled in the image below:
2. Click the “Income Tax e-filing through Iris” in the “e-filing of Income Tax Returns” section as pointed out in the image below:
3. You will be brought to the login page for Iris, where, if you haven’t already registered, you will have to do that first. You can register by clicking the “Registration for Unregistered Person” link, as shown in the image below:
- Once you click on the link, a dialog box will open where you have to provide your basic details as shown below:
5. When you click submit after providing the details, you will be asked to verify your email address and phone number with separate codes sent to both.
6. Once submitted again, and your email and mobile have been verified, you will receive a text with your registration number (same as your ID card number, without the dash or space), password, and pin code. You will be able to log into your Iris account using the registration/CNIC number and password. You will need the pin code while submitting your income tax returns or wealth statement, so be sure to save that as well.
7. People who already have an NTN but no Iris username or password, can obtain it by clicking “E-Enrollment for Registered Person,” as pointed out in the image below:
Filing returns and wealth statement
You will basically have to provide a wealth statement and your income tax returns to become a filer, particularly if you are a salaried individual. These will include a variety of details about your income in the past year and the various kinds of properties that you may own. The complete details for these will be provided in a separate articles soon! So keep following the blogs for that.
Meanwhile, if you have any questions about the process so far, you can talk to us in the comments section.
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