From the time FBR has introduced electronic method of filling annual Income tax return for the taxpayers a new problem has been experienced by some taxpayers that either taxpayer forget his/her password of FBR (IRIS) account or if their registration is done by their consultant they black mail them either by increasing invoice or retaining them by saying that they do not have any separate account instead they file their returns through consultant’s intermediary account which is highly unethical and non-professional.
For salary and business individuals FBR has eased the registration and password retrieval procedure, while sitting at your office desk or at the ease of drawing room you can reset your ID password for FBR (IRIS) account.
Essentials for retrieving password;
- Cell number at which your account is registered (the one you provided to you consultant for registration purpose)
- Email address at which your account is registered
Step 1 – Go to the link IRIS login screen https://iris.fbr.gov.pk/public/txplogin.xhtml
Step 2 – Click the “Forgot password” option below
Step 3 – Now a new dialogue box will appear before you fill in the details required
Step 4 – After filling the required information in the above dialogue box click the submit button and wait for the six digit verification code from FBR, the code will be send to both your cell number and email address.
Note here that if you do not receive code within one minute as per the guidance give in the dialogue box type “msg” and send a text message to 9966.
Step 4 – After filling the 6 digit code that you received on your cell number and email click the “verify” button and you will have “New password” dialogue box appeared before you.
Note here that keep your new password alpha numeric and with lower and upper case letters e.g. Abc#1 it will be more safe and easy to remember.
With this you have reset your password for FBR (IRIS) account without any hassle. Do not let any consultant black mail you for this and always keep your ID and password for all FBR account with yourself as well and try to access your FBR account time to time.
If in case you have forgotten which email address and cell number were used, IRIS provide cheats at the top on the right hand corner where you can find out the email and number which were used at the time of registration.
If you don’t recognise the provided cheat as your email or cell number (may be because your consultant or the person registered you on FBR, used self created email or cell number). Even than you don’t have to worry just go to nearest RTO with your original CNIC and at the help desk the representative of RTO (FBR) will reset your password on you new provided email and number.