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Corporate Law - PRESENT RATES OF CONTRIBUTION TO CONTRIBUTION AND ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS OF EPF, EPS AND EDLI BY CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS EPF EPS EDLI EPF@@ EDLI @@ EMPLOYEE 12% /10% ## 0 0 0 0 EMPLOYER Difference of EE share and Pension Contribution 8.33% ## 0.5% ## 0.50% !! [w.e.f. 01-06-2018] 0 [w.e.f. 01-04-2017] 10% rate is [...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Employer’s contribution and Employees’ contribution in India are governed by EPF Act, 1952. The employees’ contributions are obtained by employer @12% and along with equal contribution are deposited with the PF trust or PF commissioner at the designated bank account by the latter....
Read MoreCorporate Law - Ministry of Labour and Employment reduce in the rate of EPF Administrative charges from .65% to .50% which is effect from 1st June, 2018. As per EPFO: “The total collection of administrative charges in 2017-18 is estimated at Rs 3,760 crore. A decrease of administrative charges by 0.15% would lead to reduction in collection of […...
Read MoreCorporate Law - IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RECENT CHANGES ENACTED THROUGHT BUDGET 2018 IN THE EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND ACT, 1952...
Read MoreCorporate Law - UAN Activated Members Can Know PF Balance Through Missed Call AND SMS Alert Members registered on the UAN portal may get their details available with EPFO by giving a missed call at 011-22901406 from their registered mobile number. If the UAN of the member is seeded with any one of the Bank A/c number, AADHAAR […]...
Read MoreCorporate Law - In order to empower Insured Persons and their beneficiaries and create awareness among other Stakeholders, ESIC has come up with two new user friendly initiatives. The initiatives include the facility of ‘IVR (Interactive Voice Response)/Help Desk’ for ESIC Toll Free No. – 1XXX-XX-2526 and production of seven Audio-Visual cl...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Central Board of Trustees, EPF, approved the proposal for insertion of Paragraph 68HH in EPF Scheme, 1952 provisioning Advance from the fund to a member who ceases to be in employment for a continuous period not less than one month. Under this proposal a member can avail 75% of the total fund (including employee as well as employer share)...
Read MoreCorporate Law - EPFO has launched the pensioner’s portal https://mis.epfindia.gov.in/PensionPaymentEnquiry. The pensioner’s portal is recently launched service, available at EPFO website by which all EPFO pensioners may get the details of pension related information like Pension payment order number, Pensioner’s Payment Order details, Pensioner’...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced UAN-Aadhaar linking facility for the convenience of members using EPFO Link in UMANG Mobile App. This is in addition to the existing web facility already available at EPFO’s website www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-KYC Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR....
Read MoreCorporate Law - As per the provisions laid down, pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 are required to submit Life Certificate annually in the month of November each year. From 2016 facility has been provided for submission of Jeevan Parmaan digitally as authentication for proof of identity of the individual pensioners. In order to obviate t...
Read MoreKalyan Silks Trichur (P) Ltd. Vs. Joint Commissioner Of Income Tax (Kerala High Court) - The solitary common issue that arose in these appeals was with regard to the legality of dis-allowance of deduction made towards belated deposit of employees contribution of Provident Fund/Employees State Insurance. A reading of the order passed by the Tribunal shows that the first appellate authori...
Read MoreM.V.S Engineering Ltd Vs The CIT (Delhi High Court) - In this case high court held that payment of employees contribution under the Employees Provident Fund and Misc. Provision Act, 1952 and the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 is allowable if paid before the due date of filing Income Tax Return or filing of Income Tax Return whichever is earlier e...
Read MoreITO Vs. LKP Securities Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) - The decisions by the apex court in the case of Vinay Cement Ltd. (supra) and Alom Extrusions Ltd. (supra) are admittedly with reference to section 43B and, further, qua the scope of the amendments thereto. The deductibility of the employee’s contribution is not regulated by section 43B....
Read MoreTara Jewels Export (P.) Ltd. Vs Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax, 8(3) (ITAT Mumbai) - After considering the rival submissions and perusing the relevant material on record it is observed that the due date for filing the return of income by the assessee under section 139(1) for the relevant year is 30.11.2006. The AO has drawn a chart at page-4 of the assessment order showing the dates...
Read MoreA decision of the EPF Appellate Tribunal, North Delhi, that the term “employee” was defined in the Payment of Bonus Act as regular workers which included apprentices, was upheld by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. Rejecting the contention...
Read MoreNo,LC-7(94)2018/PB/CGIT/imp judgment/8820 - (08/10/2018) - Tribunal does not have powers to condone the delay beyond the period of 120 days as mentioned in Rule 7(2) of the Rules. As sequel of above discussion, it is held that appeal filed by the appellant herein is hopelessly time barred as such the delay in filing the appeal is uncondonable in view of the...
Read MoreNo. Bkg.1 (34) 2017/Bank Commn./UBI/157 - (05/10/2018) - In spite of guidelines issued in above matter, a number of complaints are being received in Head Office in connection of non refund of wrong / excess / double payments made by establishment through ECR....
Read MoreF.NO. 5(1)-B(PD)/2018 - (04/10/2018) - It is announced for general information that during the year 2018-2019, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 8% (Eight percent) w.e.f. 1st October, 2018 to 31st December, 2018. ...
Read MoreNo. CSD/AG/2017/8352 - (27/09/2018) - This is bring to your notice on circular no. CSD-1/CPGRAMS/Pragati e-Samiksha/2016/12866 dated 31-10-2016 wherein given direction that all death case claims submitted by spouse/'nominee/legal heir of EFF member be invariably settled within a period of 7 days from dale of submission of claim form in ...
Read MoreNo. NDC/10(5)/2017/3249 - (29/08/2018) - Hence, a provision has been made available in the Unified Portal in the Establishment login for generation of UAN without Aadhaar for employees resident in Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland states. It is being allowed initially for a period of 3 months from 24/08/20 18 to 23/11/2018. EMPLOYEES’ PROVID...
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No,LC-7(94)2018/PB/CGIT/imp judgment/8820 - (08/10/2018) -
No. Bkg.1 (34) 2017/Bank Commn./UBI/157 - (05/10/2018) -
F.NO. 5(1)-B(PD)/2018 - (04/10/2018) -
No. CSD/AG/2017/8352 - (27/09/2018) -
No. NDC/10(5)/2017/3249 - (29/08/2018) -
