{"id":106541,"date":"2026-10-01T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=106541"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:26:43","slug":"fbr-renews-tax-returns-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-renews-tax-returns-date.html","title":{"rendered":"FBR Extends Income Tax Return Filing Deadline to Oct 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for Tax Year 2026 to October 15. The news has been sourced from an article published on October 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hayatabad-toll-plaza-underpass-inaugurated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PKR 1.6 Bn Hayatabad Toll Plaza Underpass Inaugurated in Peshawar, KP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the details, the extension was announced on September 30, following requests from trade bodies and tax bar associations. The original deadline was September 30. Tax professionals and business representatives had cited delays in the issuance of return forms and technical issues with the FBR\u2019s IRIS portal as challenges affecting timely filing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karakoram-highway-route-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">102km Karakoram Highway Section to Be Relocated Between Thakot, Raikot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to FBR data, 5.181 million tax returns had been filed by September 29, compared with 3.553 million during the same period for Tax Year 2025, reflecting a 45.8% increase. Under the Finance Act 2026-27, penalties for restoring a taxpayer\u2019s status on the Active Taxpayers List (ATL) have also been increased. The penalty is now PKR 100,000 for companies, PKR 50,000 for associations of persons, and PKR 25,000 for individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for Tax Year 2026 to October 15. The news has been sourced from an article published on October 1. Read: PKR 1.6 Bn Hayatabad Toll Plaza Underpass Inaugurated in Peshawar, KP According to the details, the extension was announced on September 30, following requests from trade bodies and tax bar associations. The original deadline was September 30. Tax professionals and business representatives had cited delays in the issuance of return forms and technical issues with the FBR\u2019s IRIS portal as challenges affecting timely filing. Read: 102km Karakoram Highway Section to Be Relocated Between Thakot, Raikot According to FBR data, 5.181 million tax returns had been filed by September 29, compared with 3.553 million during the same period for Tax Year 2025, reflecting a 45.8% increase. Under the Finance Act 2026-27, penalties for restoring a taxpayer\u2019s status on the Active Taxpayers List (ATL) have also been increased. The penalty is now PKR 100,000 for companies, PKR 50,000 for associations of persons, and PKR 25,000 for individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":105551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[75498,54453,19230,75499,63320,58585],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-106541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-notices-announcements","tag-extension-in-tax-return-date","tag-fbr-news-and-updates","tag-federal-board-of-revenue-fbr","tag-tax-return-2026","tag-tax-return-deadline","tag-zameen-news-and-updates","cat-15017-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FBR Renews Tax Returns Date - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FBR extends Tax Year 2026 return filing deadline, following requests from tax bodies and reported technical issues with the IRIS portal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-renews-tax-returns-date.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBR Renews Tax Returns Date - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FBR extends Tax Year 2026 return filing deadline, following requests from tax bodies and reported technical issues with the IRIS portal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-renews-tax-returns-date.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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