Karnataka profession tax raised to Rs 2,500 a year for salaries of Rs 25,000 and above, from 1 April 2025

Karnataka Act No. 33 of 2025, the Karnataka Tax on Profession, Trades, Callings and Employments (Amendment) Act, 2025, received the Governor's assent on 10 April 2025 and was first published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on 15 April 2025. It amends the Schedule to the 1976 Act so that salary or wage earners drawing Rs 25,000 or more a month pay Rs 200 per month except for February and Rs 300 for February - Rs 2,500 a year in place of Rs 2,400. The Act comes into force with effect from the first day of April, 2025.

Retrospective to 1 April 2025 relative to its 15 April 2025 publication, so employers running Karnataka payroll had a catch-up deduction for April 2025.

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