The Government of Maharashtra vide notification No. PFT-1222/C.R.8/Taxation-3 has extended the last date of filing returns for employers, who could not pay taxes or upload returns due to technical difficulties of the automation system, under the Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Rules, 1975, from March 2022 to May 31st, 2022. Please refer to the notification for more details
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL DIRECTORATE O F COMMERCIAL TAXES OFFICE OF TH E COMMISISONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES AND PROFESSION TAX 14, BELIAGHATA ROAD, KOLKATA-7OOOl5 ORDER Dated: 29.04.2022
Now therefore, in exercise of the power conferred upon me under rule !2 of the West Bengal State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Rules, 1979 the last date of filing return in Form-lll for the period mentioned below is extended as specified in the following table:
Any return for the said period of Y.E, 3L.03.22 having been filed within the extended date, vide this order, as specified in the Table above, with the tax payable there-under having been paid within 30.04.22, shall be deemed to have been furnished within the prescribed date in terms of the proviso to sub rule (2) of rule 1.2 of the West Bengal State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Rules, 1979, and accordingly no date fee shall be payable under sub-section (2) of section (6) for such return
Keeping in view the problems being faced by the Employers in depositing ESI contribution for the contribution period March 2022, the Director General in exercise of powers vested under Regulation 100 has relaxed the provision as entered in Regulations 26 & 31 of the Employees’ State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950.In this regard as a onetime opportunity, employers are allowed to deposit contribution for the month of March 2022 up to 30.04.2022 instead of 15.04.2022.
Accordingly, the employers are also allowed to file the Return of contribution up to 26.05.2022 instead of 11.05.2022 for the contribution period from October, 2021 to March, 2022. .
Only Payment due date has been extended & return of contribution due date has been extended
After the enhancement in duration of maternity benefit to 26 weeks from 12 earlier, in some cases insured women were not eligible to avail sickness benefit in the corresponding benefit period after availing maternity benefit. This is because the mandatory contributory conditions of minimum 78 days were not met being the insured women under receipt of maternity benefit and leave.
In order to make such insured woman entitled to sickness benefit also, this amendment is made and inserts a new proviso to Rule 55(1).
ESIC Central Rule 55 amended. As per this amendment an Insured Woman who availed Maternity Benefit need not pay 70 days contribution to become entitled to Sickness Benefit in the following Benefit Period. She need contribute only for the half number of remaining days in the relevant Contribution Period. Before this amendment many Insured Women who availed Maternity Benefit were deprived of Sickness Benefit for want of 70 days contribution. To get over this injustice the Rule has been amended that also with effect from 20.1.2017.
The Government of Tamil Nadu vide a notification dated 30th March 2022 publishes the Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Rules which deletes the Form P (a Register of Fines, deductions for Damages or Loss and Advances) and Q (register of wages) and inserts new Forms U, V, W and X to the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Rules, 1948. The amendment also makes way to the employers to maintain registers electronically. The changes brought by the amendment are as follows-
Form P and Form R is removed as Rule 11(4) and 11(5) shall be omitted. Prior to the amendment, Rule 11(4) provided that every employer shall maintain a Register of Fines, deductions for Damages or Loss and Advances in Form P; and Rule 11(5) provided that -every employer shall maintain a register of wages in Form R in his establishment.
Rule 16(1) is substituted and provides that-every employer shall maintain.-
Register of persons employed in Form-U;
Register of Employment in Form-V;
Register of Wages in Form-W; and
Register of Leave and Social Security Benefits in Form-X.
New Rule 16(1)(b) is inserted which provides that- the registers shall be maintained either electronically or manually. If the registers are maintained in electronic form, the layout and presentation of the registers may be adjusted without changing the integrity, serial number and contents of the columns of the registers.
New Form U (Employee Register) is inserted.
New Form V (Register of Employment) is inserted.
New Form W (Register of Wages) is inserted.
New Form X (Register of leave and social security benefits) is inserted.