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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Islamabad is introducing new rules to use artificial intelligence for checking individual tax returns electronically. These draft rules aim to detect and flag any mistakes or discrepancies before taking legal action against taxpayers. The FBR plans to finalize the rules after a three-day feedback period from stakeholders, allowing automated cross-matching of information declared in income tax returns with other data available to tax authorities through the IRIS portal. Taxpayers will receive online notifications about potential issues and have seven days to clarify or rectify them; if they do not respond, another reminder will be issued for an additional week to comply.
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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Islamabad has introduced draft rules titled "38-B Procedure for electronic scrutiny" that aim to use artificial intelligence to detect mistakes and discrepancies in income tax returns. Under the proposed mechanism, taxpayers will receive electronic notifications about any issues detected by the automated system through the IRIS portal, giving them a chance to clarify or rectify errors before facing legal action. The draft rules, which amend the Income Tax Rules 2002, are expected to be finalized after three days of feedback from stakeholders. This initiative is intended to enhance tax compliance and accuracy by leveraging technology for cross-matching information declared in returns with other available data.
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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has begun extending the use of artificial intelligence to scrutinise individual tax returns, enabling its automated system to detect factual and legal mistakes and discrepancies before initiating legal or penal action.
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The draft rules, titled “38-B Procedure for electronic scrutiny and intimation of issues detected by the automated system”, have been proposed through amendments to the Income Tax Rules 2002.
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The draft rules will be finalised after three days, following feedback from stakeholders.
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A significant feature of the proposed arrangement is the automated analysis and cross-matching of information available with tax authorities.
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This will allow the system to compare information declared in income tax returns with other available data and flag potential discrepancies for clarification by taxpayers.
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The automated system will identify issues in tax returns and send online advice or advance intimation to taxpayers through the IRIS portal, pointing out factual and legal mistakes or discrepancies.
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The purpose is to allow taxpayers to clarify the issues, rectify errors or take corrective action before legal or penal proceedings are initiated.
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The detection of a discrepancy by the automated system, however, will not itself result in enforcement action.
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Tax watchdog to use automated system to detect mistakes, discrepancies
Under the proposed mechanism, taxpayers will first be informed electronically about discrepancies detected in their income tax returns and given an opportunity to clarify or rectify them through a prescribed mechanism.
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The system-generated advance intimation identifying discrepancies may also be sent by the officer of Inland Revenue having jurisdiction over the taxpayer.
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The intimation will specify a response period of at least seven days during which the taxpayer can clarify or rectify the discrepancy.
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If the taxpayer fails to respond within the stipulated period, another reminder will be issued, providing a further period of at least seven days to respond.
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The officer of Inland Revenue having jurisdiction over the taxpayer will analyse the taxpayer’s response, or the absence of a response, before taking appropriate action under the relevant provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance and rules.
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The proposed arrangement effectively introduces an automated scrutiny layer immediately after processing income tax returns, while retaining the role of the tax officer in determining whether a discrepancy warrants action under the law.
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