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(2) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint such officers as they think fit to be appellate authorities for the purposes of this Act and may assign to them such local limits as the Government may think fit.
(3) All officers and other persons employed in the execution of this Act shall observe and follow the orders, instructions and directions of the Board of Revenue: Provided that no such orders, instructions or directions shall be given so as to interfere with the discretion of the appellate authority in the exercise of its appellate function.
4. Charge of tax.- (1) Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, there shall be charged on every person who exercises a profession, art or calling or transacts business or holds any appointment, public or private, within the State, a half-yearly tax (hereinafter referred to as tax on employment) at the rate specified in the Schedule.
Explanation:- A person shall be deemed to have exercised a profession, art or calling or held an appointment within the State, if that person has an office or place of employment within the State.
(2) A person shall be chargeable under the class appropriate to his aggregate income from all the sources specified in sub-section (1) as being liable to the tax on employment.
(3) Where, for the purpose of transacting business within the State, a person has an office or has an agent or firm to represent him, such person shall be deemed to transact business within the State, whether or not such office, agent or firm has power to make binding Contracts on behalf of such person, and the person in charge of such office or the agent or the firm, as the case may be, shall be liable to the taxpayable by the first mentioned person.
(4) A person otherwise liable to the tax on employment shall not cease to be liable to that tax by reason only of his head office or the place from which his business is controlled being situated outside the State or by reason only of the fact that his transactions are closed outside the State.
Explanation:- For the purpose of this section, "aggregate income" shall not include overtime wages or local allowances or allowances for house rent, carriage hire or travelling expenses or pension.
Employer's liability to deduct and pay tax on employment on behalf of the employees.- The tax on employment payable by any person earning a salary or wage shall be deducted by his employer from the salary or wage payable to that person before such salary or wage is paid to him, and such employer shall, irrespective of whether such deduction has been made or not before the salary or wage is paid to such person, beliable to pay the tax on employment on behalf of such person:
Provided that, where the employer is an officer of Government the Government may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, prescribed the manner in which such employer shall deduct and remit the tax on employment payable by the persons of whom he is the employer.
6. Registration and enrolment.- (1) Every employer (not being an officer of Government) liable to pay the tax on employment under section 5 shall obtain a certificate of registration from the assessing authority in the prescribed manner.
(2) Every person liable to pay the tax on employment (other than a person earning salary or wages, in respect of whom the tax on employment is payable by his employer) shall obtain a certificate of enrolment from the assessing authority in the prescribed manner.
(3) Every employer or person required by this section to obtain a certificate of registration or enrolment shall, within thirty days from the date of commencement of the Kerala Tax on Employment (Amendment) Ordinance, 1977, or within such further period as may be notified by the Government in this behalf or if he was not an employer, or, as the case may be, from the date on which he engages in any profession, art, calling, or business, apply for a certificate or registration or enrolment
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