Validates a CNIC or NTN locally and routes you to FBR's official lookup channels - the 9966 SMS gateway and the ATL search utility on e.fbr.gov.pk. We never store, log, or transmit the number you paste.
The Active Taxpayer List (ATL) is a public register of every Pakistani taxpayer who has filed their annual return for the latest tax year by the due date. It's published by FBR every week, refreshed each Monday, and serves as the single authoritative source for whether someone qualifies as a "filer" for withholding tax purposes. The Tenth Schedule of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 (introduced via the Finance Act 2019) is what gives the ATL its legal force - it's the schedule that lists the doubled non-filer rates that make ATL membership financially material.
The list itself is just a flat CSV-style table of CNIC / NTN numbers, names, and the date they qualified. There are no tiers - you either appear on the current ATL or you don't. You appear on the ATL for a given tax year if (a) you filed the previous year's return on time, OR (b) you filed late and paid the ATL surcharge (PKR 1,000 for individuals, PKR 10,000 for companies as of TY 2025-26).
The fastest check is FBR's SMS gateway. Send the message ATL followed by your 13-digit CNIC (no spaces or dashes) to 9966. FBR's automated system replies within a minute with your name, CNIC, and current ATL status. Standard SMS rates apply - this is FBR's own infrastructure, not a third party.
The web check is at e.fbr.gov.pk/atlsearchutility.aspx. It has a captcha and supports both CNIC (individuals) and NTN (companies / AOPs). The result page shows your name, the effective date of your ATL entry, and any historical filing status. The captcha prevents bulk scraping but is fine for an individual lookup.
The most reliable check is your IRIS dashboard at iris.fbr.gov.pk. If you're registered, log in and your ATL status is the first card on the dashboard, no captcha needed. This is the source the SMS gateway and search utility both pull from.
A non-filer buys a residential plot for PKR 30 million in DHA Lahore. At transfer, Section 236K advance tax is deducted by the registrar.
Filer rate: 3% × PKR 30M = PKR 900,000. Non-filer rate: 10.5% × PKR 30M = PKR 3,150,000. The premium for being off the ATL on this single transaction: PKR 2,250,000 - more than 200x the cost of the PKR 1,000 ATL surcharge to file late and rejoin the list.
The CNIC or NTN you paste here never leaves your browser. There is no POST request to our backend, no analytics event tied to the digits, no logging of any form. The SMS button opens your phone's native messaging app pre-filled with the correct text - the message is sent by you, from your SIM, directly to FBR's 9966 gateway. The "Open FBR ATL search" button opens FBR's portal in a new tab and copies the number to your clipboard so you can paste it past FBR's captcha with one click.
CNICs are sensitive identifiers under Pakistan's emerging data protection norms and we treat them accordingly. This tool exists to route you to the official channels FBR provides, not to act as an intermediary or store anything.