FBR’s IRIS system face downtime, causing a disruption to submissions of income tax return

On Saturday, the IRIS system of the Federal Board of Revenue, dealing with the processing of income tax returns, faced extensive downtime as taxpayers were unable to submit their returns. The inconvenience that this has caused people in trying to file their return within the tax-filing deadline cannot be overstated.

In a statement, the FBR advised taxpayers not to use the Maloomat portal for verification of tax deductions, terming all the relevant information available on the IRIS tax return portal. Recommend people should directly access the data on IRIS.

FBR declared that the last date for filing tax returns has been postponed to September 30, 2024 and reiterates that no further extension will be granted after this date. Therefore, taxpayers should file their returns in advance in order to save time from any last-minute hassle at the end.