The Pakistan Chemicals & Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) has requested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the deadline for filing sales tax returns to May 31, 2025.

In an appeal to the FBR chairman, PCDMA Chairman Salim Valimuhammad highlighted several technical issues following recent updates to the IRIS portal, which have made it nearly impossible for taxpayers to meet the current deadline despite their best efforts.

He pointed out that errors in calculations in the newly integrated Annex H1 and Annex J have prevented a majority of taxpayers from filing their March 2025 sales tax returns. The PCDMA Chairman requested that the Chairman of FBR extend the deadline until necessary corrections are made in the IRIS portal and resolve the technical issues so that taxpayers can file their sales tax returns without any difficulty.