Professional Tax in Karnataka
Karnataka levies Professional Tax. This page gives the slab, checked against the state's own Act.
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What Professional Tax is
Professional Tax is a tax Indian state governments charge on professions, trades, callings and employment. There is no single national version of it. Each state runs its own Act, its own rate table and its own due dates, and quite a few states do not charge it at all.
Article 276(2) of the Constitution caps what any state or local authority can charge one person in Professional Tax at ₹2,500 a year, combined across every state and local body. The cap started at ₹250 a year and was raised to ₹2,500 by the Constitution (Sixtieth Amendment) Act, 1988. It hasn't moved since.
Professional Tax in Karnataka
Karnataka levies Professional Tax. We checked the slab below against the state's own Act. It is one of three states where we give the figures.
- Nil up to ₹25,000 a month. Above that, ₹200 a month for 11 months plus ₹300 in February, totalling ₹2,500 a year.
- Self-employed professionals who have been in practice 2 years or more pay a flat ₹2,500 a year.
What to do next
If you need to register in Karnataka, our Professional Tax registration service prepares and files the application for you.
- 1.Article 276(2), Constitution of India, as amended by the Constitution (Sixtieth Amendment) Act, 1988
This is compliance-planning insight, not legal advice, and should be verified by qualified counsel before being relied on.