{"id":72885,"date":"2020-12-24T11:16:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T06:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=72885"},"modified":"2020-12-24T17:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T12:58:21","slug":"active-tax-filers-number-updates-fbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/active-tax-filers-number-updates-fbr.html","title":{"rendered":"Number of tax filers at all-time high: FBR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) recently stated that it had recorded more than three million tax filers on its Active Taxpayers List (ATL) during the Tax Year (TY) 2019, a news source reported on December 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-issues-notices-to-non-return-filers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBR issues notices to non-filers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the recent update made to the ATL, the number of tax filers was seen to reach its all-time high at 3.453 million. For TY2018, the taxation agency had recorded 2.85 million filers (the then highest figure). The FBR had publicised this information in its taxpayer\u2019s directory issued in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An official working for the FBR\u2019s Regional Tax Office (RTO) stated that the federal institution intends to update the ATL till February 28, 2021; adding that it expects additional tax returns for said year. He further stated that the RTO had notified taxpayers concerned of their tax filing obligations on the basis of third-party information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-forms-complaint-resolution-committees-to-resolve-taxpayers-woes.html\">FBR forms complaint re<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-forms-complaint-resolution-committees-to-resolve-taxpayers-woes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-forms-complaint-resolution-committees-to-resolve-taxpayers-woes.html\">olution committees to resolve taxpayers\u2019 woes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the ATL publicised on March 1 of the going year, some 2.53 million individuals had filed their tax returns by February 29 and the taxation agency had recorded additional 470,000 returns till date. The number active tax filers was seen to increase amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do I became a tax filer?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zameen.com has all the information you need on the process. Head over to this <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/become-a-tax-filer-how-to-register-online-to-file-your-income-tax-returns.html#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20process%20for,encircled%20in%20the%20picture%20below.\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> for a comprehensive guide  on the FBR registration process for new filers. Moreover, for details on the tax filing procedure, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/file-income-tax-returns-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) recently stated that it had recorded more than three million tax filers on its Active Taxpayers List (ATL) during the Tax Year (TY) 2019, a news source reported on December 22. Read: FBR issues notices to non-filers Following the recent update made to the ATL, the number of tax filers was seen to reach its all-time high at 3.453 million. For TY2018, the taxation agency had recorded 2.85 million filers (the then highest figure). The FBR had publicised this information in its taxpayer\u2019s directory issued in October. An official working for the FBR\u2019s Regional Tax Office (RTO) stated that the federal institution intends to update the ATL till February 28, 2021; adding that it expects additional tax returns for said year. He further stated that the RTO had notified taxpayers concerned of their tax filing obligations on the basis of third-party information. Read: FBR forms complaint resolution committees to resolve taxpayers\u2019 woes As per the ATL publicised on March 1 of the going year, some 2.53 million individuals had filed their tax returns by February 29 and the taxation agency had recorded additional 470,000 returns till date. The number active tax filers was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":61403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015,15016],"tags":[7986,6542,19230,12899],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-active-taxpayer-list","10":"tag-atl","11":"tag-federal-board-of-revenue-fbr","12":"tag-tax-filers","13":"cat-15015-id","14":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Number of tax filers at all-time high: FBR - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FBR recently stated that it had recorded more than three million tax filers on its Active Taxpayers List (ATL) during the Tax Year (TY) 2019.\" \/>\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\/active-tax-filers-number-updates-fbr.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Number of tax filers at all-time high: FBR - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The FBR recently stated that it had recorded more than three million tax filers on its Active Taxpayers List (ATL) during the Tax Year (TY) 2019.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/active-tax-filers-number-updates-fbr.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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