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Deadline for filing 2019 tax returns has been extended in Pakistan

On September 30, 2019, the Pakistani Federal Board of Revenue extended the deadline for filing of 2019 tax year individual and corporate tax returns, as follows:

  • The deadline for filing individual tax returns has been extended to October 31, 2019.
  • The deadline for corporate taxpayers has also been extended to October 31, 2019. However, only the corporate taxpayers, that have paid at least 95% of their estimated annual tax liability are eligible for the extension.

Please contact your Mercans’ services delivery team for any additional information regarding the implications of the above changes.

About Mercans

Mercans is a fully integrated global payroll, PEO and HR services provider. This means that as our client you get access to our cutting-edge global payroll software, local in-country payroll, compliance and HR specialists, and tax and HR advisory service entirely without having to deal with the complexities of setting up local legal entities or in-house payrolls.

If you are tired of dealing with the payroll industry dinosaurs and their outdated and inflexible technology, or with aggregators who simply pass on your data to their subcontractors and divert your calls to an off-shore call center and never seem to have the local knowledge, Mercans is your ideal partner. Mercans accepts your payroll data, configures calculation rules and generates reports based on your needs and requirements. You will never again have to go through lengthy implementation processes only to find out that you need to change your own side to cope with the limitations of the payroll provider. Our software platform has preconfigured API integration capability with all the major global HRMS platforms, including SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM, MS Dynamics, and so on.


Our in-country payroll and PEO specialists support you locally when and where you need them. We provide you with practical guidance regarding payroll compliance issues as well as immigration and HR. Never again will you be left hanging, waiting for an answer from a call center. We take care of your business when and where you need it. Our single contract and software platform approach guarantees that you have the full overview of all of your local payrolls and related costs. You can view and analyze the payroll data in real time and without building expensive reports or data interfaces. All of Mercans’ systems and processes are GDPR compliant and ISO 9001, 20000 and 27001 certified.

Mercans is also a member of Global Payroll Association https://globalpayrollassociation.com/ and Global Payroll Management Institute https://www.gpminstitute.com/.