THE ANDHRA PRADESH TAX ON PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS AND EMPLOYMENTS ACT, 1987

THE ANDHRA PRADESH TAX ON PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS AND EMPLOYMENTS ACT, 1987

First Schedule (As amended upto date) Entry No. Class of Assessees Rate of Tax per month/per annum (1) (2) (3) 1 Salary and wage earners, such persons whose monthly salaries or wages: (i) Upto Rs. 1,500/- (ii) Range from Rs. 1,500/- to Rs. 2,000/- (iii) Range from Rs. 2,000/- to Rs. 3,000/- (iv) Range from Rs. 3,000/- to Rs. 4,000/- (v) Range from Rs. 4,000/- to Rs. 5,000/- (vi) Range from Rs. 5,000/- to Rs. 6,000/- (vii) Range from Rs. 6,000/- to Rs. 10,000/- (viii) Range from Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 15,000/- (ix) Range from Rs. 15,000/- to Rs. 20,000/- (x) Range above Rs. 20,000/- Nil 16/- PM 25/- PM 35/- PM 45/- PM 60/- PM 80/- PM 100/- PM 150/- PM 200/- PM 2 Legal practitioners including Solicitors and Notaries Public and Technical and Professional Consultants other than those mentioned elsewhere in the schedule and tax consultants whose standing in the profession. (a) In the Hyderabad and Secunderabad urban agglomeration Or within the municipal limits of district headquarters / town is: - (i) Upto three years (ii) Three to seven years (iii) Above 7 years (b) In any other area in the state is: - (i) less than two years (ii) two years or more but less than seven years (iii) seven years or more Nil 500/- PA 1,000/-PA Nil 300/- PA 750/- PA 3 (i) Chief Agents, Principal Agents, Special Agents, Insurance Agents and Surveyors or loss assessors registered or licenced under the Insurance Act, 1938 (Central Act IV of 1938) whose annual income is not less than Rs. 18000/- - (ii) Pigmy Agents or UTI agents whose annual income is not less than Rs. 18,000/- 550/- PA 120/- PA 4 Members of Stock-Exchanges recognised under Security Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 Auctioneers, Commission Agents and Del Credere agents 2,500/- PA 5 (a) Estate Agents or Brokers (b) Contractors (i) Contractors falling in the categories mentioned below as per the guidelines issued by the government from time to time for registration of contractors. (a) Class I Contractors (b) Class II Contractors (c) Class III Contractors (ii) Contractors not falling in sub-category (i) mentioned above and the amount of works contract executed by them during a year is -- (a) below Rupees ten lakhs (b) above Rupees ten lakhs 550/- 2,500/- PA 1,500/-PA 500/-PA 500/- PA 1,500/- PA 6 Directors (other than those nominated by the Government) of Companies Registered under the Companies Act, 1956. 2,500/- PA 7 (a) (i) Race horse owners and trainers licensed by the turf clubs. (ii) Jockeys licensed by the turf clubs (b) Book Makers licensed by turf clubs of Hyderabad Race Club or any other Race club 2,500/- PA 550/- PA 2,500/- PA 8 Self-employed persons in the motion picture industry as follows:- (a) Writers, Cameraman, Still Photographers (b) Lyricists, directors, actors and actresses (including Junior artists), play-back singers, recordists, editors and producers of films c) Junior Artists, Production Managers, Assistant Directors, Assistant Cameraman, Assistant Recordists, Assistant Editors, Musicians and Dancers 1,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 500/- PA 9 Dealers registered or liable to be registered under Andhra Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1957 (other than those mentioned in item (19) whose total turnover in any year ranges. (a) Upto Rs.1,00,000/- (b) from Rs.1,00,000/- to Rs.2,00,000/- (c) from Rs.2,00,000/- to Rs.5,00,000/- (d) from Rs.5,00,000/- to Rs.10,00,000/- (e) from Rs.10,00,000/- to Rs.25,00,000/- (f) from Rs.25,00,000/- to Rs.50,00,000/- (g) above Rs.50,00,000/- Nil 300/- PA 550/- PA 800/- PA 1,200/- PA 1,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 10 Occupiers of factories as defined under the Factories Act, 1948 who are not covered by item 9. 1,000/- PA 11 Employers of establishments as defined under the Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1988 such employers of establishments who are not dealers are covered by item 9 (i) Where there are no employees (ii) Where not more than 5 Employees are employed (iii) Where more than 5, but not more than 10 employees are employed. (iv) Where there are more than 10 employees but not more than 20 are employed (v) Where more than 20 employees are employed Nil 110/- PA 400/- PA 1,000/- PA 2,500/- PA 12 (a) Owners or lessees of petrol/diesel filing stations and service stations, garage and workshops of automobiles. (b) Owners or lessees of Jute Mills, Rice Mills, Oil Mills, Spinning Mills, Paper Mills, Dall Mills, Powerlooms, Mini Steel Plants, Rerolling Mills, Khandasari Sugar Factories, Sugar Factories, Foundaries, Tanneries, Stone Crushers, Bottling Units, Distilleries, Tiles Factories, Biscuit Factories, Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Labs, Printing Presses (With power) Fruit Canning Units. (c) Owners or lessees of Nursing Home and Hospital other than those run by the State or Central Government (d) Owners or lessees of Pathological Testing Lab and X Ray Clinics. (e) Owners or lessees of Beauty Parlours, Dry Cleaners and Interior Decorators (f) Owners or lessees of Oil ghanies (with power), Oil rotaries (with power) Huller Mills, Cashew Factories, Decorticating Mills, Saw Mills, Cotton Ginning or Pressing Factories, Small Flour Mills, (working on Hire-Basis), Gum manufacturing units, Bakeries, Hosiery manufacturing units, Cement flooring or stone manufacturing units other than those covered by Entry 9. 2,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 550/- PA 550/- PA 1,500/- PA 13 (a) Owners of Residential Hotels or Lodging Houses having not less than 20 rooms (b) (i) Owners of theatres (ii) Owners of touring talkies (iii) Owners of Video parlours (iv) Cable TV operators 2,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 1,000/- PA 500/- PA 2,500/- PA 14 Holders of permits of transport vehicles (other than autorickshaws) granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 750/- PA 15 Money lenders, licensed under the law relating to money lenders, for the time being in force in the State (a) those who lend rupees fifteen lakhs and above in a year (b) other than those specified at (a) above 2,500/- PA 550/- PA 16 Individuals or institutions conducting Chit Funds 2,500/- PA 17 Co-operative Societies registered under the A.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 and engaged in any profession, trade or calling: - (i) State level societies (ii) Co-Operative Sugar Factories, Spinning Mills, Banks (iii) District level societies (iv) Mandal level societies (v) Village Level Societies   2,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 330/- PA 220/- PA 150/- PA 18 Banking Companies as defined in the Banking Regulations Act, 1949- 2,500/- PA 19 All Companies Registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and engaged in a profession, trade or calling 2,500/- PA 20 Each partner of a firm engaged in any profession, trade or calling 500/- PA 20-A Chartered Accountants where the standing in profession is: - (i) Not less than 2 years, but less than 5 years (ii) Not less than five years 550/- PA 2,500/- PA 20-B Medical practitioners including Medical Consultants (Other than Practitioners of Ayurvedic, Homeopathic and Unani systems of Medicines) Dentists, Radiologists, Pathologists and persons engaged in other similar professions or callings of a Paramedical nature,- (a) in Hyderabad and Secunderabad Urban Agglomeration or other Corporation areas or in special grade, selection grade and first grade Municipalities where the standing in profession is:- (i) less than 2 years (ii) two years or more but less than 5 years (iii) five years or more (b) in any other area in the State: - (i) less than two years (ii) two years or more but less than 5 years (iii) five years or more but less than 10 years (iv) ten years or more Nil 1,000/- PA 2,500/- PA Nil 500/- PA 1,000/- PA 1,500/- PA 20-C Engineers, RCC Consultants, Architects and Management Consultants. (a) in the Hyderabad & Secunderabad Urban Agglomeration or within the Municipal Limits of the District Headquarters town, where the standing in profession is:- (i) less than two years (ii) two years or more but less than five years (iii) five years or more but less than ten years (iv) ten years or more (b) In any other area in the State is: - (i) less than two years (ii) two years or more but less than five years (iii) five years or more but less than ten years (iv) ten years or more   Nil 550/- PA 1,000/- PA 2,500/- PA Nil 330/- PA 750/- PA 1,000/- PA 20-D (a) Film Distributors and travel agents not falling under sub-item (b) below (b) Air travel agents 550/- PA 2,500/- PA 20-E Journalists 550/- PA 20-F Advertising Firms/Agencies 2,500/- PA 20-G Persons using Photocopying machines for job works 550/- PA 20-H Video Cassette Libraries 660/- PA 20-I Educational Institutions and Tutorial Colleges or Institutes other than those owned by the State or Central Government 2,500/- PA 20-J Typewriting institutes / teaching shorthand and typing 750/- PA 20-K Persons owning / running STD/ISD Booths other than those owned run by Government or physically handicapped persons 250/- PA 20-L Property Developers including Land Developers and Building / Flat Developers 2,500/- PA 20-M Persons owning/running (a) Computer institutes selling time (b) Computer Training institutes (c) Driving Institutes/Technical Training Institutes 1,000/- PA 2,500/- PA 500/- PA 20-N Persons owning Marriage Halls/Kalyana Mantapams 2,500/- PA 20-O (a) Cinematograph film processors (b) Owners of outdoor film Shooting units 2,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 20-P (a) Forest Contractors (b) Transport Companies and transport contractors including forwarding and clearing agents (c) Bankers who are financing the trade against hundies or other securities by way of short-term advance on interest 750/- PA 2,500/- PA 2,500/- PA 20-Q (a) Authorised assistants recognised by stock exchange (b) Sub-brokers recognised by the Stock Exchange Board of India (c) Persons running weigh bridges (d) Persons operating courier service 550/- PA 1,000/- PA 500/- PA 1,500/- PA 21 Persons, other than those mentioned in any of the preceding entries, who are engaged in any profession, trade or calling or employments 750/- PA