Iris-ADX application allows taxpayers to perform eight major functions

RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Iris-ADX application has allowed taxpayers to perform eight major functions for preparation of income tax return and wealth statement in offline mode.

According to a communication of Khawaja Adnan Zahir, FBR Member Information Technology, to field formations, in continuation of FBR’s policy of facilitation of taxpayers and ensuring ease of doing business, IT Wing has launched Iris-ADX (Asynchronous Data Exchange), an application that allows the taxpayer/E-intermediary to prepare data related to income tax return and wealth statement in offline mode.

The taxpayer/EI will download Iris-ADX application from FBR website available at https:// www.fbr.gov.pk /contents/launching-of-iris-adx-for-offline-entry-of-salestax-data/21167 and install it on his personal computer/desktop.

Salient features of the application included preparation of income tax return; preparation of wealth statement; multi-user environment; facility to prepare income tax returns without requirement of connection with internet.

In case of bulk data, application streamlines the data communication process as application and Iris online system can exchange information at their own pace.

Salient features of the application also included configurability to allow simultaneous preparation and uploading of returns related to multiple taxpayers; seamless uploading of prepared data to FBR repository and offline MIS reports.

With the launch of this application, the taxpayer/EI will be able to prepare income tax returns without having to remain connected with the internet, thus the issues related to connectivity, peak load, system downtime, etc, will have no effect on the speed/efficiency of data entry, the FBR added.