Glossary · Compliance & Registrations
Professional Tax Registration
State-level registration required of employers, professionals, and traders for deducting/depositing professional tax on salaries or business income.
Every employer must register under the Professional Tax Act of the relevant state within 30 days of employing staff, and obtain a Certificate of Registration (CoR). The employer deducts professional tax from each employee's salary based on the state slab and files a monthly or annual return with the Commercial Tax Department. Self-employed professionals register separately and pay a fixed annual amount.
Examples
A startup with 5 employees in Tamil Nadu registers as an employer under the Tamil Nadu Profession Tax Act and files monthly PT returns online.