Paying Taxes - India

This topic addresses the taxes and mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of administrative burden in paying taxes.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business subnational project in India, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business in cities and regions.

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Economy ▲	The total number of tax payments per year. The indicator reflects the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment and the number of agencies involved for a standardized case during the second year of operation. More informationPayments (number per year)	The time it takes to prepare, file and pay (or withhold) the corporate income tax, the value added tax and social security contributions (in hours per year). More informationTime (hours per year)	The amount of taxes on profits paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits. More informationProfit tax (%)	The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions on labor paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits. More informationLabor tax and contributions (%)	The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profit that are not already included in the categories of profit or labor taxes. More informationOther taxes (%)	The total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial profits. More informationTotal tax rate (% profit)
Ahmedabad	75	261	22.9	18.2	27.9	69.0
Bengaluru	59	291	21.6	18.2	30.5	70.3
Bhubaneshwar	63	287	23.6	18.2	26.4	68.2
Chennai	68	292	22.5	18.2	29.4	70.0
Gurgaon	62	288	23.8	18.2	25.0	67.0
Guwahati	62	278	22.5	18.2	26.7	67.4
Hyderabad	78	236	23.9	19.3	26.2	69.4
Indore	64	240	22.1	18.2	29.3	69.6
Jaipur	60	233	23.8	18.2	25.7	67.7
Kochi	76	263	22.6	18.2	28.3	69.1
Kolkata	68	303	22.4	18.2	28.5	69.0
Ludhiana	59	255	23.4	18.2	26.1	67.6
Mumbai	59	271	22.9	18.2	27.4	68.5
New Delhi	60	277	22.8	18.2	27.5	68.5
Noida	59	278	24.1	18.2	24.3	66.5
Patna	64	405	22.8	18.2	27.4	68.4
Ranchi	63	271	23.8	18.2	25.0	67.0

Notes:
Name of taxes have been standardized. For instance income tax, profit tax, tax on company's income are all named corporate income tax in this table.
The hours for VAT include all the VAT and sales taxes applicable.
The hours for Social Security include all the hours for labor taxes and mandatory contributions in general.

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