Urgent Help Needed: How to Handle Professional Tax Payment and Penalties in Gujarat?

Hello All, I urgently need information about the Professional Tax slab (if revised) for Gujarat. Our company has been deducting P. Tax every month from employees for the past 1.5 years but has not yet submitted it. Now we need to submit the amount. I need help with the following:

1. **How to Pay the Amount**: Should the cheque be issued in the name of the nearby village? Do we need to only submit the cheque to those gram panchayat offices, or is there some challan to be filled and then paid?

2. **Form for P. Tax Payment and Registration**: Which form should be filled for P. Tax payment and registration?

3. **Last Day for P. Tax Payment**: What is the last day for P. Tax payment?

4. **Liability for Penalty**: Will my company be liable for a penalty for non-payment until now?

Please reply at the earliest. Thanks in advance to all.

I have received all the answers, but please guide me once again as my company has not received the registration number regarding the professional tax. The nearby gram panchayat is asking us to deposit money. I have received a cheque in which I have included the amount for registration for both years, i.e., for 2010-2011 Rs 2500, and now for 2011-2012 Rs 2500. If I deposit or hand over my cheque without the registration, will it serve the purpose? Or should the gram panchayat person provide me with our registration number and the related challan copy? Please guide me as I need to resolve this matter within one week as I am pressured by management.

Regards,
Suman

Can you clarify this professional tax further? What is P.T., and where is it applicable?

Professional Tax: Payable on Salary or CTC?

For example, if the CTC is ₹15,000, the P.Tax is ₹200. If the take-home salary is above ₹12,000, then the tax is ₹200. We are based in Gujarat.

Regards.

Dear all, please reply urgently. In case we provide overtime, does that create a change in the P.TAX amount? i.e., do we have to add overtime to the net salary, and does this affect the provided P.TAX amount as well?

Please, it's most urgent!