Amendment To Maharashtra State Tax On Professions, Trades, Callings And Employments Act, 1975  

The Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 20^th March 2023 to amend the Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975 in order to give effect to the proposals contained in the budget speech for the financial year 2023-24. The amendments to Section 27A and Schedule I were made to exempt professional tax payable by women who draw a monthly salary of up to twenty-five thousand rupees; and to further expand the scope of the exemption for persons with benchmark disabilities with respect to the provisions of the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The changes are brought into force with effect from April 1, 2023.