PF Contribution Deadline: 15 Days from Month-end for Salary Earned

Creative Textile Mills Vs DCIT CPC (ITAT Mumbai) PF contribution should be remitted within 15 days from close of month for which employees earned their salary ITAT Mumbai clarifies that both employee and employer contributions to the Provident Fund must be remitted within 15 days from the close of the month in which employees earned their salary. The tribunal refers to a precedent from the Madras High Court, emphasizing that the term “every month” in the Provident Fund Scheme should be interpreted as the month in which wages were actually earned, i.e., the month of salary payable. ...