{"id":49933,"date":"2019-02-26T15:52:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T10:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=49933"},"modified":"2019-02-26T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T10:52:28","slug":"finance-ministry-to-change-law-for-filing-income-tax-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/finance-ministry-to-change-law-for-filing-income-tax-returns.html","title":{"rendered":"Finance Ministry to change law for filing income tax returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Ministry of Finance on Monday proposed a new law under which income tax filers would be able to submit their returns at any time of the year, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mandatory-to-include-foreign-income-figures-in-tax-returns.html\">Mandatory to include foreign income figures in tax returns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to this proposed legislation, residents submitting their tax returns would be automatically made filers within seven days. Both local and overseas Pakistanis would be able to avail this facility.<\/p>\n<p>The finance ministry will submit the draft of this proposed legislation before the cabinet for approval next week. The law will then be promulgated through a presidential ordinance or the Act of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/income-tax-proposals-for-budget-2019-20-sought.html\">Income tax proposals for Budget 2019-20 sought<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Current laws make it mandatory for the citizens to submit their tax returns till December. The filers can avail these benefits only till April 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Ministry of Finance on Monday proposed a new law under which income tax filers would be able to submit their returns at any time of the year, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Mandatory to include foreign income figures in tax returns According to this proposed legislation, residents submitting their tax returns would be automatically made filers within seven days. Both local and overseas Pakistanis would be able to avail this facility. The finance ministry will submit the draft of this proposed legislation before the cabinet for approval next week. The law will then be promulgated through a presidential ordinance or the Act of Parliament. Read:\u00a0Income tax proposals for Budget 2019-20 sought Current laws make it mandatory for the citizens to submit their tax returns till December. 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