Professional tax is levied by state governments on salaried employment and certain professions, deducted by the employer through payroll and remitted to the state.
It is a state subject, so the rate structure, slabs, exemptions and filing frequency all vary — and some states do not levy it at all.
One employer operating across several states may face several different slab structures, several filing calendars and several registrations.
The usual failure is applying one state's rules to everybody, which is invisible until a notice arrives from the state where it was wrong.
No. It is a state subject, and both rates and applicability vary.
Generally the state of the place of work, which is why work location must be a real field.
No. They are state-specific and change; take them from the relevant state authority.
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