ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Central Board of Revenue has notified rules for filing of federal excise return electronically. These rules were notified through an SRO1185 issued here on Thursday. According to the rules, the registered person shall download MS Excel based blank electronic federal excise return form from the CBR’s website and fill the information about purchases and supplies made during a tax period, the tax due and paid and other applicable information as stated in the filling instructions.

The payment of amount of excise duty, if any, shall be made in any of the designated online branches of National Bank of Pakistan on the prescribed TR-6.

Reference number of the computerized payment receipt and other required information shall be duly mentioned in the relevant columns of the electronic federal excise return.

The duly filled electronic return, including a nil return shall be transmitted to the CBR’s e-mail address (federalexcisereturns@cbr.gov.pk), through a digitally signed e-mail.