Professional Tax Registration

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Professional Tax Registration
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• A tax is a financial charge imposed upon a
  taxpayer that is an individual or a legal entity
  by a state or any other authorized body with a
  purpose of funding various public expenditures.
  One of such taxes is the Professional Tax.

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What is Professional Tax ?
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• Professional tax is the tax by the state
  governments in India. Anyone earning an income
  from salary or anyone practicing a profession
  such as chartered accountant, company secretary,
  lawyer, doctor etc. are required to pay
  this professional tax. Different states have
  different rates and methods of collection.

• Professional tax is imposed at the state level.
  Different states have different rates and methods
  of collection. However, not all states impose
  this tax. The states which impose professional
  tax are 
• Karnataka
• Bihar
• West Bengal
• Andhra Pradesh
• Telangana
• Maharashtra
• Tamil Nadu
• Gujarat, Assam
• The professional tax is a source of revenue for
  the State Governments. It is also payable by
  members of staff employed in private companies.

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Who is responsible to deduct Professional Tax ?
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• The owner of a business is responsible to deduct
  professional tax from the salaries of his
  employees and submit the amount so collected to
  the appropriate government department.
• He has to provide a return to the tax department
  in the prescribed form within the specified time.
• The return should include the proof of tax
  payment. In case the payment proof is not
  enclosed, the return shall be deemed incomplete
  and invalid.

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Documents Required
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• Common documents required for Professional tax reg
  istration are 
• Acknowledgment of Online submitted form along with
   the printout of the originally submitted form
• Self Attested Copy Of PAN Card
• Proof of the Constitution of Business
• Proof of the Residence of the Partners, Director 
   Proprietor
• Proof of the Place of Business (Address Proof)
• Blank Canceled Cheque
• Shop and Establishment Certificate
• PAN and PTEC Details of all the Partners or Direct
  ors
• Details of the number of employees, as well as the
  ir salary slabs.
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• Also, it is to be noted that , all these
  documents are required to be self attested

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Procedure for Registration
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• The first step is to get registered as a payee
  of professional tax in the local Professional Tax
  Office under the respective States Act. This is
  mandatory for all individuals, persons and bodies
  who are liable to pay professional tax.
• As to calculation and payment of these taxes
  through prescribed forms and methods, you have to
  do it yourself. Your calculation and payment has
  to be audited and certified by a Chartered
  Accountant.
• When it comes to employees however, it is the
  duty of the employer to deduct Professional Tax.
  That is, apart from paying professional tax for
  its own activities, every employer has to
  calculate, deduct and pay the professional tax on
  the salaries paid to employees.

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How can LegalRaasta help you ?
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• Register for Professional tax through LEGALRAASTA
  - Your online companion for professional tax
  registration. We at LegalRaasta have helped over
  thousand companies in professional tax
  registration.
• You first need to
• Go to our website www.legalraasta.com and select
  Professional tax registration option.
• Then Fill our online questionnaire.
• Select a package. Here you can also opt for
  additional legal services like ITR filing and
  service tax registration and pay accordingly.
• Submit the required documents online to us and
  you are done on your part we will take care of
  the rest.
• Once, we are done you will be intimated and in
  case you have any query in between the process or
  if you want to track your application status you
  can freely contact us.
• That's it about professional tax registration.