Constitution of India, 1949
276.Taxes on professions, trades, callings and
employments.-
(1) Notwithstanding anything in Article 246,
no law of the Legislature of a State relating to taxes for the benefit of the
State or of a municipality, district board, local board or other local
authority therein in respect of professions, trades, callings or employments
shall be invalid on the ground that it relates to a tax on income.
(2) The total amount payable in respect of any
one person to the State or to any one municipality, district board, local board
or other local authority in the State byway of taxes on professions, trades,
callings and employments shall not exceed two hundred and fifty rupees per
annum:
Provided that if in the financial year
immediately preceding the commencement of this Constitution there was in force
in the case of any State or any such municipality, board or authority a tax on
professions, trades, callings or employments the rate, or the maximum rate, of
which exceed two hundred and fifty rupees per annum, such tax may continue to
be levied until provisions to the contrary is made by Parliament by law, and
any law so made by Parliament may be made either generally or in relation to
any specified States, municipalities, boards or authorities.
(3) The power of the Legislature of a State to
make laws as aforesaid with respect to taxes on professions, trades, callings and
employments shall not be construed as limiting in any way the power of
Parliament to make laws with respect to taxes on income accruing from or
arising out of professions, trades, callings and employments.