12-digit e-TIN mandatory for taxpayers

Taxpayers will have to get a 12-digit e-TIN number this year for taking any kind of service from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) including submission of income tax return under universal self assessment system. The government introduced the 12-digit e-TIN number in July last year, but it was not then mandatory for submitting the income tax return. If the taxpayers now submit income tax return without a 12-digit e-TIN number, they will be considered as general taxpayers and their tax files will further be assessed or audited by the taxmen on mandatory basis, according to a news agency.