BENEFITS OF PROFESSIONAL TAX REGISTRATION ( PTEC AND PTRC )

REGISTRATION OF PTRC (PROFESSION TAX REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE)

AND

PTEC (PROFESSION TAX ENROLLMENT CERTIFICATE) IN MAHARASHTRA

TO WHOM APPLICABLE:

PROFESSION TAX ENROLLMENT CERTIFICATE (PTEC):

1. A person (natural / legal) registered under MGST Act is liable to enrol for Profession Tax Enrollment Certificate (PT-EC) and pay Rs.2500 per annum. 

2. If the Business is having any employee whose monthly salary is above Rs. 7500/- or more is also required to obtain Profession Tax Registration Certificate (PT-RC) and pay tax after deducting the same from the employee’s salary as per the provisions of law.

3. Every person excluding partnership firms and HUF engaged actively or otherwise under one or other classes of Act is liable to pay tax to the state government.

4. The professional tax of the business entity (Private Ltd., Public Ltd, OPC, etc) and also of the owner or professional (Sole Proprietor, Partner, Director, etc) are permitted to pay professional tax under PTEC.

PROFESSION TAX REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE (PTRC):

Persons earning salary or wages are also covered. The employer (government or non-government) are required to deduct professional tax at prescribed rates from the employee’s salary or wages and deposit the same to the respective state government. It is employer’s liability to pay tax even if fails to deduct from the wages or salaries of the employees.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS AND DETAILS REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION OF PTRC AND PTEC:

1. Pan of the Assesse
2. Aadhaar Card copy
3. Cancelled Cheque
4. Passport size photo
5. Latest electricity bill of the register office/ place of business in case of rented property then rent agreement
6. Photo Signature
7. Details of Business
8. No of employees at work place
9. Date of Commencement of business
10. Email ID and Mobile no of the assesse

GRANT OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE:

1. If the application is correct and complete in all respect along with relevant documents then Registering Authority will generate TIN after verification. In case the application is eligible for granting registration, then the date of uploading the application shall be considered as the date of application for the purpose of determining the effective date of RC.
2. Registration certificates will be sent via email and post. The applicants need not visit MSTD offices for procurement of Registration Certificates as the same would be made available on the portal in downloadable format with digital signature of appropriate certifying authority.

REJECTION OF THE APPLICATION

1. If the application is found defective, then defect memo will be issued and e-mail to applicant. The applicant needs to rectify the defects within 30 days.
2. In case the applicant rectifies the defects within 30 days, the Officer will verify and if found satisfactory then TIN would be generated. In this case the date of first application would be taken for the purpose of determining the effective date of RC.
3. If the applicant does not rectify the defects shown in defect memo within 30 days, then the application shall be rejected and the temporary profile will be de-activated after 90 days.

EXEMPTIONS FROM PROFESSIONAL TAX:

• Person having completed age of 65 years (w.e.f 1.04.1995)
• For salary / wages up to Rs 10,000 pm in case of female employees is exempted (w.e.f 1.4.2015).
• Under the Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya Bachat Yojana of Directorate of Small Savings women exclusively engaged as agents.
• Mathadi Kamgar (casual workers) (Cir. 12T dated 3.08.2011).
• In the textile industry Badli workers.
• Members of armed forces of Union serving in the state.
• Any person and parents or guardians of such persons who is suffering from mental retardation specified in the rules and certified by a psychiatrist working in a government hospital.
• Partnership firms and HUF.
• Any person suffering from a permanent physical disability (including blindness) specified in the rules, certified by a physician, a surgeon or an oculist, working in a Government hospital, which has the effect of reducing considerably such individual’s capacity for normal working or engaging in a gainful employment or occupation and also his parents or guardians.
• Parents and guardians of a child suffering from a physical disability mentioned in the above point (9).
• Armed members of Central Reserve Police Force to whom the Central Reserve Police Force to whom the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 applies and the armed members of Border Security Force to whom the Border Security Force Act, 1968 applies serving in the State of Maharashtra.
• Up to one year of standing in the profession, professionals like Chartered Accountants, Medical Practitioners, Tax Consultants, Legal Practitioners and etc are not liable.

RETURNS:

• Every Registered Employer needs to make payment in Challan Form No. MTR -6 and furnish return in Form III-B (electronically return). In case of failure to upload return within the due dates, you may attract penalty.
• If payment of tax has been made within the due date, a grace period of 10 days for uploading e-return provided. In respect of all those returns filed after due date mandatory late fees is payable of Rs 1000.
• An employer (PTRC) can file revised return within period of 6 months from the end of the year.

• In case of new registration, the employer shall file monthly return for all the months commencing from date of liability till 31st March of that financial year. The first return in such cases will be for the month in which certificate of registration granted ( covering salary paid for the period commencing from ate of liability till the last date of preceding month in which certificate of registration granted), subsequently monthly returns as per due dates till the end of financial year.
• Payment of Taxes:
• Before filing the return every registered employer (PTRC TIN) shall pay tax as per due dates.
• Within one month from the date of enrollment in the first year, every enrolled person (PTEC TIN) shall pay the tax and thereafter by 30^th June of every year.
• From 1^st January 2012, facility of e-payment of profession tax has been made available.

WITH EFFECT FROM 01^ST APRIL 2018 ONETIME PAYMENT OF TAX SCHEME:

• Under section 8(3) of the Act, PTEC holders can avail the benefit of the above scheme. According to scheme one can discharge his/ her liability for minimum of 3 years to maximum of 35 years by making advance payment as prescribed in the notification.
• All PTEC holders paid prior to 2018-19 or already paid for 5 years can also opt for this scheme post completion of 5 years.
• No refund is available once amount is paid under OTPT scheme.

FOR NON- PAYMENT OF TAX INTEREST AND PENALTY:

• If an enrolled registered employer / person will be liable to pay interest as follows of the tax payable for each month for which the tax remains unpaid.
• 1.25% per month of default.
• After recording reasons, the commissioner is empowered to reduce/ waive this interest in respect of any period.