29/09/2026
📢 *TAX YEAR 2026: INCOMPLETE TAX RETURNS MAY FACE FBR ACTION.*
⚠️ *Important Alert for Companies & AOPs*
The FBR has warned taxpayers that *incomplete, blank, irrelevant or inaccessible information/documents* submitted with Tax Year 2026 income tax returns may attract legal action and substantial penalties under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
🔹 *Key Points:*
👉 Taxpayers are required to provide all prescribed particulars and information completely and accurately.
👉 Blank, incomplete or irrelevant *annexures, statements or documents* may attract penalties.
👉 *Audited Financial Statements* submitted as scanned/image or password-protected files that are illegible or inaccessible to the Inland Revenue authorities may be treated as *blank or incomplete documents*.
👉 In the case of a *Company or AOP*, the penalty may be *Rs.500,000 or 10% of the tax chargeable on taxable income, whichever is higher*.
*🗓️ Tax Year 2026 Filing Deadline: 30 September 2026*
✅ *Taxpayers, particularly Companies and AOPs, should ensure that all particulars, annexures, statements and audited financial statements are complete, accurate, readable and accessible before submitting the return.*