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Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZC: Combined annual return
Official Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZC for combined annual return, with the final Gazette source, responsible user, preparation guidance and original form pages for reference.
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- Tamil Nadu
- Issued on
- 24 September 2025
- Status
- Current
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Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZC: Combined annual return
Official Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZC for combined annual return, with the final Gazette source, responsible user, preparation guidance and original form pages for reference.
Who this applies to
Employer / authorised signatory; establishments within the relevant Act provision
Who completes or issues this document
Employer / authorised signatory.
Preparation and use
Reconcile the year-ending 31 December workforce, wages and deductions, earned leave, maternity benefits, bonus, permanent-status and applicable contractor and migrant-worker particulars. File online on or before 31 January under the final rule; check extensions and current portal directions.
Source and version
Rule 16-D; Act section 47-A. Form and governing rule reviewed in the final Gazette dated 24 September 2025, notification SRO A-23/2025. The March 2025 draft is not used as the operative form.
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Source review and connected references
Form and governing rule reviewed in the final Gazette dated 24 September 2025, notification SRO A-23/2025. The March 2025 draft is not used as the operative form.
Original source pages · PDF ↗Continue researching
- Tamil Nadu Shops (Amendment) Act, 2025: enacted text
- Tamil Nadu Shops: combined annual return by 31 January
- Tamil Nadu Shops annual-return rules: final 2025 amendment
- Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947: reference
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form Y: Registration application
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form Z: Registration certificate
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZA: Register of shops and establishments
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZB: Intimation by an existing establishment
- Tamil Nadu Shops: annual, sick and casual leave
- Tamil Nadu Shops registration rules: July 2024 amendment