Professional Tax in Telangana 2026-27 – Slab, Calculator & Due Dates

Telangana Professional Tax Calculator (FY 2026-27)

Exact PT for every category under the Telangana Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1987 – salaried, company, director, partner, professional or trader. Verified by a practising CA.

Telangana runs PT through two systems. Employers register and deduct PT from employees on a PTRC (Professional Tax Registration Certificate); every business or self-employed person pays its own PT on a PTEC (Professional Tax Enrolment Certificate). A company needs both: a PTEC for itself and a PTRC for its payroll. Everything is filed online on the Telangana Commercial Taxes portal (tgct.gov.in) against your PTIN.

Telangana taxes salary on a simple three-band slab, the same for men and women, with no February adjustment – so the most a salaried employee pays is Rs 2,400 a year.

A company, LLP or firm engaged in any profession, trade or calling pays Rs 2,500 a year on its own PTEC enrolment, and separately deducts employee PT under its PTRC. Each partner of a firm is also enrolled and the registration is taken per person, so confirm whether your firm enrols the entity and the partners or only the entity – in practice the firm pays Rs 2,500 and working partners drawing income enrol as well.

A director of a company pays Rs 2,500 a year on enrolment – the fee is taken per director, so a company with three directors enrolls each of them. This is separate from any PT deducted on salary the director draws.

Self-employed professionals – chartered accountants, doctors, lawyers, engineers, architects, consultants and similar – are taxed by years of standing, not by monthly income. They are exempt for the first 5 years of practice, and pay a flat Rs 2,500 a year once they cross five years, whatever their income.

The annual maximum is Rs 2,500 and the minimum graded entry is Rs 110. The statutory First Schedule grades some trades and dealers by turnover; the main categories are below.

For the full graded list of every trade and dealer by turnover, see the official Telangana PT Schedule.

Apply within 30 days of becoming liable on the Telangana Commercial Taxes portal (tgct.gov.in) under e-Registration – PT Registration; a PTIN is generated for all future logins and payments. Employers enrol in Form I, self-employed and businesses in Form II, and employers file a monthly return in Form V. Documents commonly needed: PAN; MOA & AOA (company) or partnership deed; address proof and lease agreement; board resolution for the authorised signatory; director / partner details with photos and residence proof; employee list; and bank details with a cancelled cheque.

Failure to pay by the due date attracts a penalty of 25% to 50% of the outstanding tax, imposed only after a reasonable opportunity of being heard. Fully exempt from Telangana PT: persons with disabilities; senior citizens above 65; parents of a mentally challenged child; badli workers in the textile industry; women working under the Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya Bachat Yojana (Small Savings); and members of the armed forces (Army, Air Force or Navy). Salaried employees earning up to Rs 15,000 a month, professionals in their first five years, and traders with turnover up to Rs 1,00,000 also pay nil.

If you opt for the old income-tax regime, the PT deducted from salary in the year is fully deductible under Section 16(iii). The new regime does not allow this deduction.