From an audit notice to an appeal, we respond to FBR on your behalf, compile your records, and represent you through every stage of the process.
26 Years of FBR Representation ExperienceAn audit notice can feel alarming, but selection alone doesn't mean something is wrong. It's worth understanding why notices go out in the first place, so you know what FBR is actually looking at in your case.
How you respond is what actually determines the outcome, not the fact that you were selected.
What FBR actually requests varies by notice, but this covers most of what we ask for to build your response.
Six steps, from the first notice to a resolved case.
We review the notice, confirm the tax year and grounds, and calendar the response deadline.
We gather and organize the requested returns, ledgers, invoices, and statements.
Whether it's a remote document review or an on-site inspection, we prepare your records and represent you through it.
We review FBR's draft findings and respond with explanations or supporting evidence before anything is finalized.
If FBR still revises your tax liability, we assess whether the assessment order is worth appealing.
If needed, we represent you before the Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals) and the Appellate Tribunal.
If FBR issues an assessment order you disagree with, the law gives you a structured right of appeal, first to the Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals), and if you're still not satisfied, to the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue, with further recourse through the High Court.
We've represented clients through audits and appeals for 26 years, and organized records make the biggest difference in how that process goes. See our Bookkeeping & Accounting service if your records need to be brought current before a notice becomes a bigger problem.
See Our Bookkeeping ServiceWe've handled audits, notices, and appeals since 2000, through every change to the process.
From notice response to appeal, the same team stays with your case, nothing gets handed off partway through.
Pair this with our bookkeeping service and your records are already organized the way FBR expects to see them, long before a notice arrives.
Based in Lahore, representing clients in FBR matters across Pakistan.
Some taxpayers are selected at random under FBR's computerized audit program. Others are flagged by risk parameters, such as a mismatch between declared income and bank deposits, irregularities in sales tax returns, losses that don't match industry norms, or a missing or late return. Selection alone doesn't mean something is wrong, but how you respond does affect the outcome.
Both are audit-related notices under the Income Tax Ordinance requesting your records and explanations for a specific tax year. The exact grounds differ case to case, what matters most is responding completely and on time regardless of which section it's issued under, and we handle that review for you either way.
Typically your filed tax returns and acknowledgment receipts, books of accounts and general ledger, purchase and sales invoices, bank statements and reconciliations, payroll records, withholding tax documentation, and proof of expenses claimed such as rent, utilities, and professional fees. This is exactly why properly maintained bookkeeping, kept to the Section 174 six-year retention standard, matters long before a notice ever arrives.
A desk audit is a remote review, you submit documents and FBR examines them without visiting your premises. A field audit involves an on-site inspection of your business and records. We prepare you and represent you through either type.
FBR issues a draft audit report first, and you have the chance to respond with explanations or evidence before anything is finalized. If discrepancies remain, an assessment order revises your tax liability. From there, you have the right to appeal, first to the Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals), then to the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue, with further recourse through the High Court.
Yes. We represent clients through the full process, notice response, record compilation, the audit itself, and the appeal stages if it comes to that, as one continuous engagement rather than handing you off partway through.
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