The National Board Revenue (NBR) may consider extending the deadline for  income tax return submission due to disruptions caused by student-led mass movement in July and August.

“We will discuss the matter with the policy makers. If they agree then the time might be extended. But there is no scope to tell in advance,” NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan said on Sunday.

He was speaking at a press briefing at the NBR conference room on the occasion of announcing Tax Service Month.

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The NBR chairman, however, said that till now the revenue collecting authority is not thinking  anything regarding time extension. “Let us see the income tax return submission first.”

He said during the mass revolution in July and August people were away from their regular activities.

As per the normal procedure, November 30 is the last day for income return submission for the individual taxpayers.

The NBR chairman said that instead of organising income tax fair, services for receipt of income tax returns will be provided throughout the month of November in a fair environment as in previous years in all tax zones.

“All other taxpayers in the country are encouraged to file e-returns and income tax online,” he said.

Responding to a question, the NBR Chairman said that no one will be able to see the information of the taxpayers given in the income return submission form. “Even those who created this programme and run this have no scope see the information.”

He said that only those people who have legal authority can only see the information of the taxpayers.

Regarding the security of the system, he said that his organisation is very much cautious about it.

“I sat with our exerts to know what will be the measurers, if there is any cyber attack, how we will take our backups, how we will save our data. We have taken enough measures for those,” he said.

He assured of the secrecy of the data and information of the taxpayers like elsewhere in the world.