Navigating Professional Tax: Do I Need to Register in Every State for My Employees?

Hi!

I have a company registered in one state (TN) but branches in 4 more states, and all employees (approximately 25 only) are currently given appointment letters/paid from that one state only (TN).

In such a case, isn't it sufficient to register for professional tax in the state where the company is registered/employees are given appointment letters? I worked for a large company where we were given appointment letters from Delhi, and no professional tax was deducted ever as Delhi has no PT. Can anybody reconfirm that the position is still the same?

Regards,

Yatish

Dear Sir,

Even though your company is registered in Tamil Nadu and all payroll processing and payment are only from TN, since the employees are in different states, the PT has to be calculated and remitted based on where the workplace of the employee is. The PT rates are also different, and the periodicity of remittance shall also vary from state to state.

Please feel free to clarify on this:

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Regards,

Sincerely yours,

Siva

Hi Mehul,

This is what I too firmly believe as I have seen it being practiced by large companies. But since this was about three years ago, I was not sure whether the same legal environment was still in place.

Regards, Yatish