KP taxpayers unable to file returns?

Business Recorder reported that the Federal Board of Revenue has been urged to fix a fault in its new income tax return that stops filers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from declaring property in Parachinar, an area near the Afghan border. Tax experts quoted by the paper said Parachinar is missing from the city list in the new return, even though last year's filers could select it. As a result, affected taxpayers cannot complete their declarations and are falling behind on their filing.

When Kurram district is chosen for an immovable property entry, the city list does not include Parachinar, and the report gives no reason for this. Taxpayers who declared Parachinar property in their previous returns now find that they cannot make the same entry, which delays their submissions. The paper described the problem as a small error, yet it is stopping compliant filers from processing their returns.

Compliant taxpayers from the province have asked the FBR chairman to treat the matter as a top priority. They want PRAL or the relevant IT team to add Parachinar to the Kurram district list for property declarations.