STAR BUSINESS REPORT

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will open its online tax return submission portal today to facilitate digital income tax, wealth statement and other tax submissions by individual taxpayers for fiscal year 2024-25.

“We have upgraded our server so that it can accommodate higher numbers of users and we can offer them smooth services round the clock,” said NBR Spokesperson Syed A Momen.

The tax administration said individual taxpayers will be able to prepare their tax returns, and submit or take out prints for manual submission. They can pay tax through online banking, cards or mobile financial services.

Taxpayers will get acknowledgement receipts for their filed tax returns and tax payment certificates. They will also be able to register for taxpayer identification numbers (TIN) and TIN certificates.

The electronic system will give scope to taxpayers to get copies of electronically filed tax returns of the previous years, the NBR said.

To sign up, taxpayers will require biometrically verified mobile phone numbers, it added.

The tax authority said taxpayers have The