If you’ve tried to pay Profession Tax on mahagst.gov.in recently and your old bookmark led nowhere, or the amount/due date didn’t match what you remembered — you’re not doing anything wrong. The Maharashtra GST Department redesigned its portal in 2026 and changed several PT due dates at the same time. This guide covers both: where to actually go now, and what the current rates and dates are, with the official circular numbers so you can verify everything yourself
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What Changed on the Portal
The MAHAGST website (mahagst.gov.in) underwent a full redesign in 2026. The department itself displayed a notice on the new homepage acknowledging the renovation and explaining that some services were temporarily limited during the transition. Specific changes that affect day-to-day compliance:
- The old standalone PT/PTRC payment shortcut link no longer works. Payment now happens through the main dashboard at mahagst.gov.in after logging in — there is no separate bookmark-able payment page anymore.
- For a period in 2026, PT registration and return filing facilities were disabled entirely on the portal, per Trade Circular No. 01T of 2026. If you tried to register or file during this window and got nowhere, that was a department-side shutdown, not an error on your end.
- A new facility was added allowing PTRC and PTEC payment without login, directly from the “Pay Your Taxes” tab on the homepage, using only your PAN — useful if your login credentials are giving you trouble.
- The refund facility on the portal was made available again from 3 February 2026.
- Online filing for Form F-704 (VAT audit report, relevant to legacy VAT dealers) was enabled from 23 February 2026.
How to Pay PT/PTRC Now, Step by Step
- Go directly to mahagst.gov.in — discard any older bookmarked URL.
- If you have login credentials: click “Log in for e-Services” → “Profile for Registered Dealers” → log in.
- If you don’t want to log in, or your credentials aren’t working: use the “Pay Your Taxes” tab on the homepage and enter your PAN directly — this is the no-login route the department added in 2026.
- Select the applicable Act: PTRC (if you’re an employer deducting PT from staff salaries) or PTEC (if you’re paying your own enrolment tax as a proprietor, partner, director, or self-employed professional).
- Select the financial year and period, confirm the amount, generate your challan (Form MTR-6), and complete payment.
PTEC — What It Is and What It Costs
PTEC (Professional Tax Enrolment Certificate) applies to anyone carrying on a profession, trade, or business on their own account — proprietors, partners, directors, and self-employed professionals all need one personally, regardless of how many companies or partnerships they’re associated with. One PTEC per person is sufficient even if you’re a director in five different companies.
- Amount: a flat ₹2,500 per year, regardless of income.
- No return filing required — PTEC is payment-only.
- Due date (post the February 2026 amendment): 15 June each year. This replaced the earlier 30 June deadline.
- Directors and partners are liable from the day they take on that role, regardless of whether they draw any salary or remuneration.
PTRC — What It Is and the Salary Slab Rates
PTRC (Professional Tax Registration Certificate) applies to employers who deduct Profession Tax from employee salaries and deposit it with the state. If your business has no employees, you don’t need PTRC at all — only PTEC for the individuals running the business.
Maharashtra PT slab rates (monthly salary basis):
| Gross Monthly Salary | Men | Women |
| Up to ₹7,500 | Nil | Nil |
| ₹7,501 – ₹10,000 | ₹175/month | Nil |
| Above ₹10,000 | ₹200/month (₹300 in February) | Nil up to ₹25,000; ₹200/month (₹300 in February) above ₹25,000 |
⚠️ These are the standard published slabs as of 2026 — confirm against the current notification on mahagst.gov.in before processing payroll, since slab revisions are issued by notification and don’t always make headline news.
The “₹300 in February” line isn’t an error — Maharashtra structures the annual ₹2,500 cap as ₹200 × 11 months + ₹300 in the twelfth month (February), so the total for the year lands exactly at ₹2,500 for anyone in the top slab.
PTRC due dates (post-February 2026 amendment):
| Return type | Due Date |
| PTRC monthly return + payment | 15th of the following month |
| PTRC annual return + payment (smaller liability employers) | 15 March |
| PTEC annual payment | 15 June |
This is a genuine change — the February 2026 notification (an amendment to Rule 11(3)) replaced the older “last day of the month,” “31 March,” and “30 June” due dates with these 15th-day equivalents across the board. If you’ve been filing on the old dates out of habit, you may now be filing later than required, or earlier than necessary — check which applies to you.
Recent Official Circulars to Know About (2026)
These are the specific notifications behind the changes above. Use these reference numbers when checking the portal yourself:
- Trade Circular No. 01T of 2026 — PT registration and return filing facilities disabled (transitional period during portal redesign).
- Trade Circular No. 2T of 2026, dated 17.04.2026 — exemption from late fee under Section 6(3) of the PT Act for filing of returns for March 2026.
- Notification revising the PTRC due date for FY 2025-26 — payments and returns revised to 15 March 2026 for the relevant period.
- Late fee exemption under Section 20(6) of the MVAT Act — granted for returns covering October 2025 and November 2025.
⚠️ Circular numbers and dates are exactly as published on the department’s notification page at the time of writing. Trade circulars are updated frequently — please check mahagst.gov.in → “VAT Notifications” / “Profession Tax and Other Rate Schedule” yourself before relying on any date or rate here for an actual filing. The department’s own page is the only source that’s guaranteed current: https://www.mahagst.gov.in/mr/vat-notifications
Late Payment Penalties
- Interest of 1.25% per month applies to individual (PTEC) defaults.
- Interest of 2% per month applies to employer (PTRC) defaults on deposited tax.
- Separate late fees apply for delayed return filing under Section 6(3) — these are periodically waived by circular (as seen with the March 2026 waiver above), so check for an active exemption before assuming a penalty is unavoidable.
If You’re Still Stuck
If the new dashboard won’t load a specific service, the department typically posts a “temporarily disabled” notice on the homepage banner before the issue is fixed — check there first. If your old username/password stopped working after the redesign, use the portal’s password reset option rather than registering fresh; a duplicate registration complicates your filing history and is harder to undo than a password reset.
This is exactly the kind of compliance detail that’s easy to miss when a portal changes mid-year and nobody’s specifically watching for it. PT/PTRC compliance for your employees runs alongside your broader Payroll & HR Compliance obligations — PF, ESIC, and TDS on salary all follow a similar monthly rhythm, and missing one usually means the others are at risk too.
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