, Nov. 23 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for submitting income income tax returns by one month until December 31.

The deadline extension was announced on Sunday through a special NBR order.

The previous deadline was 30th November.

In a separate directive, the tax authority also said that any taxpayer facing difficulties in filing returns online due to registration issues in the e-return system may apply to the deputy commissioner of taxes concerned with specific justification by December 15.

According to the NBR, online filing has been made mandatory for all individual taxpayers this year, except for a few categories - senior citizens aged 65 or above, persons with physical disabilities or special nee...