Professional Tax is a state-level tax levied on professions and trades in India. It has to be compulsorily paid by every member of the staff of any private company. It’s the owner’s responsibility to deduct the professional tax from the salaries of his employees and pay the collected amount to the respective department of State Government.
It is a slab amount based on the gross income of the professional. Its deducted from his/her salary every month and is later eligible for deduction from the computation of the taxable income. The Municipal Corporation provides the registration of the same to the employers and business owners. As it is a state-based registration, the rate of tax and method of registration are different. The state governments that levy professional tax is Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Orissa, Tripura and Madhya Pradesh. Further, there are two types of registrations namely – PTEC and PTRC.