Tax returns per year rise by 127 percent, according to FBR records

ISLAMABAD: FBR Chairman Shabbar Zaidi tweeted on Friday that the tax returns per day had risen by 127 percent compared to last year.

According to the FBR’s records, the number of tax returns filed this year have also increased. Tax returns filed so far (till October 25) stand at 918,027. Tax returns filed in the same period last year or by October 25, 2018 were clocked at 585, 209.

Average tax returns filed per day amounted to 18,735 during the current fiscal year. During the same period last year tax returns filed amounted to 8242.

Tax returns per day showed a noticeable rise of 127 percent.