Profession Tax - Professional Tax [Thread 193859]

Dear citehr I have an query about profession tax. Is there any minimum number of employee should be there for deducting PT (even though we registered with PT OFFICE) like ESI less than 10 employee no need to deduct & for PF less than 20 employee . If so what is that minimum number where PT is not applicable and also is it applicable to all states? Regards N.C.Rangaswamy

Profession Tax is to be paid even if you do not employ any body. That means, PT is payable even by a self employed person. It is a misconception that profession tax is payable on salary but it is payable on the 'revenue' received by a person. It is payable by Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants etc working independendly. Regards, Madhu.T.K

I believe Mr. Madhu has not understood the question raised by mr. Rangaswamy, even i have the same question if i have employed in my proprietor ship convern let say 4 employee, am i have to deducted the profession tax on them if not then what is the minimum number of employee employed by me after which i will have to start deducting the profession tax on them and pay to the department. I have enrolled under ptec and ptrc do i file nill return on have to deducted on 4 employee and and then file the proper return. regards asgarali