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OTP Failure on Tax Portal Delays Professional Tax Payments in Karnataka; Due Date Extension requested

Goods and Services Tax : The issue involves technical failures in the Professional Tax portal preventing payments. A request has been made to fix glitches ...

April 23, 2026 3615 Views 2 comments Print

Maharashtra Professional Tax Guide – PTEC & PTRC Reference (with latest Update)

Goods and Services Tax : The guide clarifies the difference between PTEC and PTRC registrations under Maharashtra Professional Tax law. It explains who mus...

March 13, 2026 51030 Views 1 comment Print

Karnataka PT Portal Issues: KSCAA Seeks Urgent Enhancements

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA's fourth appeal to Karnataka CM for critical upgrades to the Professional Tax portal, addressing technical glitches, payment...

May 2, 2025 1884 Views 0 comment Print

Representation Regarding Upgrades on Karnataka Professional Tax Website

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA requests improvements to the Karnataka Professional Tax website to streamline processes for taxpayers and enhance user exper...

June 20, 2024 1203 Views 0 comment Print

Latest Professional Tax Amendments in Maharashtra

Goods and Services Tax : Who is liable to pay Professional Tax in Maharashtra? Any individual or entity engaged in a profession, trade, calling or employme...

April 25, 2023 18366 Views 1 comment Print


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Representation on Persistent Issues in Karnataka Professional Tax Portal

Goods and Services Tax : Persistent technical issues prevented users from accessing the portal and completing filings. The representation seeks urgent fixe...

May 4, 2026 690 Views 0 comment Print

Issues in Karnataka Professional Tax Payment and Extension Request

Finance : Taxpayers face issues with Karnataka PT portal due to OTP failures. Association requests technical fixes and 3-month due date exte...

April 29, 2025 7302 Views 0 comment Print

Representation Regarding Upgrades on Karnataka Professional Tax Website

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA requests improvements to the Karnataka Professional Tax website to streamline processes for taxpayers and enhance user exper...

June 20, 2024 1203 Views 0 comment Print

KSCAA request Extension of Professional Tax Deadline in Karnataka

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA urges Karnataka Govt. to extend professional tax deadline amidst technical issues, fostering trade & industry relief. Detail...

April 30, 2024 3357 Views 0 comment Print

KPTCE: Representation on glitches and hardship in payment of taxes & filing of returns

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA has sent a representation to the The commissioner of Commercial Tax, on umpteen number of glitches and hardship in payment o...

April 28, 2023 2073 Views 0 comment Print


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Odisha Abolishes Professional Tax

Goods and Services Tax : The Ordinance repeals the professional tax law with immediate effect from April 2026. It preserves past liabilities and proceeding...

April 21, 2026 2394 Views 0 comment Print

Late Fee Waiver Granted Due to System Glitches in Maharashtra PT Return Filing

Goods and Services Tax : Due to technical issues on the new tax portal, late fees for Profession Tax returns were waived if tax was paid by 15 March 2026. ...

April 17, 2026 2805 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Issues Profession Tax Compliance Relaxation Due to Portal Technical Issues

Goods and Services Tax : The State Tax Department allowed taxpayers to pay profession tax using PAN after system migration caused portal access issues. Reg...

March 13, 2026 16908 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Extends Tax Arrears Settlement Deadline to March 2026 for Wider Relief

Goods and Services Tax : The amendment extends the deadline for settling tax arrears from 31 December 2025 to 31 March 2026, giving taxpayers additional ti...

March 10, 2026 1119 Views 0 comment Print

West Bengal Extends Profession Tax Return Deadlines

Goods and Services Tax : The last date for online filing of West Bengal Profession Tax returns for FY 2023-24 is extended to 15-06-2024, with paper submiss...

May 31, 2024 7248 Views 0 comment Print


Waiver of Late Fee for late filing of VAT, CST, PT & Luxry Tax returns

March 17, 2017 15642 Views 0 comment Print

Waiver of Late Fee for late filing of VAT and CST returns in Maharashtra The Trade has represented that many technical difficulties are being faced by them while filing their returns and therefore the late fees for delayed filing of returns should be waived. The issue was examined and in order to provide relief to […]

Documents required for MVAT, CST, Luxury / Entry/ Profession Tax Registration

September 9, 2016 3571 Views 0 comment Print

List of documents required for registration under 1. MVAT Act, 2002-FORM 101 2. CST Act, 1956-CST FORM A 3. Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975 4. Maharashtra Tax on Luxuries Act, 1987 -Luxury- FORM 4 5. Maharashtra Tax on the Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2002- Entry Tax FORM 1

FAQs on Maharashtra Profession Tax Amnesty Scheme-2016

July 26, 2016 25310 Views 1 comment Print

Govt. of Maharashtra has declared an Amnesty Scheme for the persons who have not obtained enrolment certificate yet. Government has decided to take stringent action against the defaulters after the scheme is over. This is the last chance given by Government before initiation of action.

“Messi” Likes mess up, in Tax Laws. Avoid It!

July 11, 2016 24137 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna, Football lovers know the missed penalty kick by famous football player Messi and its impact on him. Further he has been punished for tax evasion in his country. Recently Income Tax Department had posted advt. of Foot Ball Goal and Income Declaration Scheme, 2016. So as to avoid such a situation, in a taxpayer’s life, how should he play with the tax law while doing business in India?

Highlights of Profession Tax Enrollment Amnesty Scheme 2016

June 15, 2016 4309 Views 0 comment Print

The Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Calling and Employment Act, 1975 (Profession Tax Act) is implemented with effect from 1st April, 1975. Under this act, every self employed person engaged in any profession, trade, callings and employment in the state of Maharashtra is required to obtain Enrollment certificate registration and pay Profession Tax as prescribed in the law.

How to Register under PTRC in Maharashtra

June 14, 2016 81874 Views 3 comments Print

In this Article we discussed step wise Registration procedure for Professional Tax Registration Certificate (PTRC) in Maharashtra. PTRC certificate is to be obtain by every person who is an employer (other than Government Officer) and liable to deduct & deposit Professional Tax on behalf of an employee. An Employer has to apply for PTRC certificate […]

How to Register under PTEC in Maharashtra

June 14, 2016 86899 Views 11 comments Print

In this Article we discussed step wise Registration procedure for Professional Tax Enrollment Certificate (PTEC) in Maharashtra. This certificate is to be obtain by every person who is liable to pay tax under this act (other than salary or wages earners in respect of whom tax is paid by employer). A Person has to apply for PTEC […]

Profession Tax Amnesty Scheme- Pay for 3 Instead of 8 Years

May 15, 2016 19159 Views 6 comments Print

Profession Tax comes in the ambit of Maharashtra Sales Tax Department and is named as Maharashtra State Tax on Profession, Trade, Calling and Employment Act 1975. Every self-employed person has to pay profession tax every year. But due to the lack of knowledge about profession tax, many taxpayers neither follow nor pay profession tax.

Amendment to SCPT Act, PT Act, Entry Tax Act, MVAT Act

April 7, 2016 5971 Views 0 comment Print

he Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975, is being amended to,— (i) exempt the armed members of the Border Security Force and the Central Armed Reserve Police Forces from payment of tax; (ii) to provide that, the tax liability of the persons, who have remained un-enrolled shall be restricted to only three preceding years, if they apply for enrolment during the period from the 1st April 2016 to the 30th September 2016 and also to those, whose application for enrolment is pending on the 1st April 2016;

PT Late fee exemption to Aided Educational Institutions

April 2, 2016 1663 Views 0 comment Print

Employer being an educational institution which receives grant-in-aid from the State Depart Government (a) Return specified in column (c) shall be filed on or before the 30th June 2016 on the website of the Sales Tax Department.

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