Mumbai, Maharashtra
HR and payroll software for Mumbai companies
200+ Mumbai companies run offer letters, payroll and attendance on Offrd. Maharashtra professional tax is ₹200 a month for most salaried men and ₹300 in February, with women exempt up to ₹25,000 a month, and Offrd puts the right line on every Mumbai payslip, February included. Credit packs start at ₹99 for 10 credits, or ₹50 per active employee a month, for companies with up to 250 employees.
This page covers what a Mumbai employer has to run: Maharashtra professional tax under PTRC and PTEC, Shops and Establishments registration with the BMC ward office, EPF and ESI, and the Bandra, Kandivali, Thane and Vashi EPFO offices.
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Last updated 12 October 2026. Statutory figures checked against the government pages listed at the foot of this page on 12 October 2026.
How much is professional tax in Mumbai, and why is February different?
Maharashtra charges ₹200 a month for eleven months and ₹300 in February, so the year adds up to the ₹2,500 constitutional maximum. Since the 2023 amendment to Schedule I, women earning up to ₹25,000 a month pay nothing. A payroll that charges ₹200 in February, or deducts from a woman on ₹22,000, is wrong.
| Monthly salary | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Up to ₹7,500 | Nil | Nil |
| ₹7,501 to ₹10,000 | ₹175 a month | Nil |
| ₹10,001 to ₹25,000 | ₹200 a month, ₹300 in February | Nil |
| Above ₹25,000 | ₹200 a month, ₹300 in February | ₹200 a month, ₹300 in February |
Two registrations sit behind this on the Maharashtra GST department's portal. PTRC is the employer's certificate for deducting from staff, and PTEC is the company's own enrolment. Both can be paid with PAN without logging in, and the department sets the PTRC return periodicity for each employer every year. Offrd applies the slab, the February month and the women's exemption automatically for Maharashtra addresses. The slab figures above are the ones on our state by state professional tax page; the department's rate schedule page is linked in the sources.
How does a Mumbai office register under the Shops and Establishments Act?
The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 2017 names the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai as the local authority, and the BMC runs the whole thing online.
- Ten or more workers: apply online to the Facilitator for your ward within 60 days of starting business. Fewer than ten: file an intimation within the same 60 days instead of registering.
- Go to portal.mcgm.gov.in, Online Services, Shops and Establishment, Form A. There is no counter.
- Registration can be granted the same day and the certificate is emailed. If the application is deficient you have 15 days to fix it. An inspector may visit within 7 days of sanction.
- Choose a validity of up to ten years. Renew online at least 30 days before expiry.
Every BMC administrative ward, A through T, has a Shops and Establishments unit under its Assistant Commissioner, with a Senior Facilitator and Facilitators. Apply under the ward for the establishment's address. For example, Lower Parel falls in G South, BKC in H East, Andheri East in K East and Powai in S ward.
Which EPFO office covers a Mumbai company?
Mumbai has two EPFO zones. The Bandra zonal office is at 341 Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan, Bandra East, Mumbai 400051, and the Thane zonal office at Vardan Commercial Complex, 6th Floor, MIDC Road No. 16, Wagle Estate, Thane 400604. Under them, EPFO lists regional offices at Bandra (four), Kandivali (West and East), Thane (two) and Vashi, each with its own PIN code list. The PIN code list, not the office name, decides which office holds your establishment code. Offrd gives your CA EPF export ready files for upload there.
Bandra zone
Four Bandra regional offices under the zonal office at Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan, Bandra East.
EPFO
Kandivali
Kandivali West and Kandivali East regional offices, by PIN code.
EPFO
Thane and Vashi
Two Thane regional offices under the Thane zonal office at Wagle Estate, and a Vashi office, by PIN code.
EPFO
ESIC
ESIC's regional office for Maharashtra is in Mumbai. ESI applies to every employee on gross wages up to ₹21,000.
ESIC
For scale: the MSME-DI district profile for Mumbai counted 635 large units employing 217,662 people and 6,589 registered MSMEs employing 195,793 (data to March 2012), and Thane district 16,962 registered MSMEs employing 260,578 (to July 2012). Those are old counts. They show a city of many small employers, which is the range Offrd is built for.
What does Offrd do for a Mumbai company?
Offrd is HR document and payroll software for Indian companies with up to 250 employees. You set up the company once, with its state, and the statutory lines follow from that. For a Mumbai company that means the Maharashtra professional tax slab on the payslip with the February ₹300 handled, the OSH Code appointment letter, and EPF files your CA uploads to the Bandra, Kandivali, Vashi or Thane office.
- Offer and appointment letters. CTC, role and joining date go in, and the letter comes out with PF, ESI and, where the state levies it, professional tax worked out. The OSH Code 2020, in force from 21 November 2025, requires a written appointment letter, and the generator produces one. 10 credits a letter.
- Onboarding. The new hire fills a self serve form. Aadhaar and PAN are verified in real time. 15 credits.
- Payroll and payslips. An Excel style grid, with EPF at 12 percent each side on wages up to the ₹25,000 ceiling, ESI at 0.75 and 3.25 percent up to ₹21,000, and Maharashtra professional tax at ₹200 a month and ₹300 in February, with the women's exemption up to ₹25,000. 2 credits per payslip, and the first payslip for each employee is free. Your CA gets EPF export ready files. Offrd does not file returns.
- Attendance. The Atndnz app is free with Offrd: office QR check in, GPS check in within 500 metres for field staff, biometric sync, named shifts with grace periods.
- Exits. Relieving and experience letters, and a full and final settlement with 19 deduction heads and 13 payouts, built for the two working day final wage rule under the Code on Wages.
- Form 16. Offrd builds Part B from payroll and declarations, you upload Part A from TRACES, and Offrd combines and sends it. Needs the company TAN and PAN.
Pricing is the same in every city. Credit packs start at ₹99 for 10 credits and credits do not expire, or pay ₹50 per active employee a month with everything included. New accounts get 50 free credits, no card, enough for five offer letters. See the pricing page.
Questions Mumbai employers ask
How much is professional tax in Mumbai?
Maharashtra professional tax for men is nil up to ₹7,500 a month, ₹175 from ₹7,501 to ₹10,000, and ₹200 a month above ₹10,000 with ₹300 in February, so ₹2,500 a year. Women earning up to ₹25,000 a month are exempt since the 2023 amendment, and above that pay ₹200 and ₹300 in February. Offrd applies the slab, the February month and the exemption for Maharashtra addresses.
What is the difference between PTRC and PTEC in Maharashtra?
PTRC is the Professional Tax Registration Certificate an employer holds to deduct tax from staff and pay it over. PTEC is the Professional Tax Enrolment Certificate for the company's own liability. Both are on the Maharashtra GST department portal, both can be paid using PAN without a login, and the department fixes each employer's PTRC return periodicity for the year.
How does a Mumbai company register under the Shops and Establishments Act?
Online with the BMC. An establishment with ten or more workers applies to the ward Facilitator within 60 days of starting through portal.mcgm.gov.in, Online Services, Shops and Establishment, Form A. Registration can be granted the same day and the certificate is emailed. Fewer than ten workers file an intimation instead. Validity is up to ten years, renewed online at least 30 days before expiry.
Which BMC ward office handles my Shops Act registration?
The ward for the establishment's address. Every BMC administrative ward from A to T has a Shops and Establishments unit under its Assistant Commissioner with a Senior Facilitator. Lower Parel is G South, BKC is H East, Andheri East is K East, Powai is S ward.
Which EPFO office covers a company in Mumbai?
Mumbai has Bandra and Thane EPFO zones, with regional offices at Bandra, Kandivali West and East, Thane and Vashi, each holding a list of PIN codes. The PIN code list, not the office name, decides which office holds your establishment code. Offrd gives your CA EPF export ready files; Offrd does not file with EPFO.
What does Offrd cost for a 50 person Mumbai company?
On the subscription, ₹50 per active employee a month, so ₹2,500 a month with documents, payroll and attendance included. On pay as you go, credit packs start at ₹99 for 10 credits. An offer letter uses 10 credits, an onboarding 15, a payslip 2 per employee with the first payslip for each employee free. Credits do not expire. You start with 50 free credits, no card.
Sources and official references
Figures on this page were read from these government pages, and newspaper pages where marked, on 12 October 2026. Where a figure could not be found on an official page it is not printed.
- Maharashtra GST Department, professional tax rate schedules: https://www.mahagst.gov.in/en/profession-tax-and-other-rate-schedule
- Maharashtra GST Department, professional tax notifications including Maharashtra Act XIX of 2023 (Schedule I amendment): https://www.mahagst.gov.in/en/profession-tax-and-allied-acts-notifications
- Maharashtra GST Department, PTRC and PTEC payment without login: https://www.mahagst.gov.in/en/acts
- Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act 2017, sections 6 and 7 (India Code): https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/19710/1/shops_and_establishments.pdf
- BMC circular of 27 March 2017, same day Shops Act registration: https://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/CBA/Circular/Online%20circular%20S%20%26%20E%20English.pdf
- BMC FAQ for Form A, online application and emailed certificate: https://portal.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/Services/Shops%20%26%20Establishments/FAQs%20for%20FORM%20A.pdf
- BMC Shops and Establishments department, ward units (RTI manual): https://portal.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/MCGM%20Department%20List/Chief%20Inspector%20Shop%20%26%20Establishment/RTI%20Manuals/ChiefInspectorShopEstablishment_RTI_E08.pdf
- EPFO zonal offices Bandra and Thane (EPFO contact page): https://www.epfindia.gov.in/site_en/Contact_us.php
- ESIC regional office Mumbai (CAG report annex): https://cag.gov.in/uploads/download_audit_report/2014/Union_Performance_Ministry_Labour_and_Employment%20_30_2014_chapter_10_annex.pdf
- MSME-DI District Industrial Profile, Mumbai: https://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIPS%20Mumbai.pdf
- MSME-DI District Industrial Profile, Thane: https://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/IPS%20Thane..pdf
- ESIC contribution rates, 0.75 and 3.25 percent: https://www.esic.gov.in/contribution
- ESIC coverage limit, ₹21,000 a month: https://www.esic.gov.in/coverage
- Labour Codes in force from 21 November 2025, appointment letters, two working day final wages (PIB): https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2192463
- Gratuity ceiling ₹20 lakh (PIB): https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=178218
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