Has anyone heard any amendment in P.Tax slab? Is there any change from 130 > 150 > =200/-? Some one asked me. I tried but did not find in com. Tax website! Please share!
Not yet dear friend.
Our Pay Bill for the month of March, 2012 has been passed following the chart below and there is no G.O. yet been received or heard to be published.
Here is the existing chart.
Not at all. pay bill for the month of March 2012 has already been passed form Treasury. If you get any information regarding this, please inform.
Thanks.
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
DIRECTORATE OF COMMERCIAL TAXES
14, BELIAGHATA ROAD
KOLKATA-15
Circular No-1 (P.Tax) /2012
Dated-19-04.2012. Subject: Further exemption from payment of Profession Tax.
In term of notification No- 458L dt. 31/03/2012, am amendment has been brought in in the Schedule amended to the West Bengal State Tax on Professions,Trade, Callings and Employments Act,1979 allowing further exemption from payment of profession tax to the category of salary & wages earners whose monthly salaries or wages fall between Rs.3000/-to Rs.5000/-
Notification no.454 F.T. dt.31/03/2012 was issued by Finance dept. by virtue of which the above amendment has come into effect from 01.04.2012.
Hence salary & wage earners earning monthly salary or wages upto Rs.5000/- per month would not be liable to pay Profession Tax from 01.04.2012 onwards.
This circular shall be deemed to have come into effect from the 1st day of April-2012.
(Binod Kumar)
Commissioner,
Profession Tax,WB
source: http://wbcomtax.nic.in/Circulars/Trade_ … 1_2012.pdf
