ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has further extended the date for submission of sales tax, federal excise and special sales tax returns for production and supplies for the tax period August 2008, up to Sept 30.

The decision to extend the date, which was previously set for Sept 25, has been taken due to technical disruption suffered by the FBR’s web portal following Marriott hotel blast.

An official statement said the bomb explosion at the hostel left the board’s web portal inoperative for six days, leading to problems for the already registered persons to e-file their sales tax and federal excise returns for the tax period August 2008.

The board, however, made it clear the payment of taxes for August 2008 had to be made by Sept 20 as already announced and no further extension would be given to those who are yet to deposit their taxes.

Similarly, the board would not change Sept 30 being the last date for submission of annual sales tax returns by the corporate sector.