CA, CS, CMA : This update outlines critical compliance deadlines across FEMA, GST, Income Tax, Companies Act, and more for April 2026. It helps ...
Corporate Law : International workers from non-SSA countries cannot withdraw PF on exit. The article explains why age 58 remains the key condition...
Income Tax : The Central Government, in the Union Budget 2026, has proposed an important amendment concerning employee welfare funds. The objec...
Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits. The changes bring income-tax rul...
Income Tax : The amendment replaces the fund-specific due date with the return-filing deadline for claiming deductions. Employers gain greater ...
Corporate Law : A six-month special scheme allows employers to enrol left-out employees and regularise EPF non-compliance with minimal penalties....
Corporate Law : Ministry of Labour launches EPF Enrolment Campaign 2025 (Nov 2025 - Apr 2026) to expand social security. Employers can regularize ...
Corporate Law : EPFO increases the auto-settlement limit for advance claims to ₹5 lakhs, enabling faster access to funds for members across vari...
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces easier PF transfer with revamped Form 13 and bulk UAN generation for employers (without immediate Aadhaar)....
Corporate Law : EPFO adds 15 banks for employer contributions, expanding to 32 banks. The move aims to enhance efficiency and reduce transactional...
Income Tax : The Tribunal examined disallowance made for delayed employee contributions under Section 143(1). It held that debatable issues can...
Corporate Law : Paragraph 27AA of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Scheme could not be automatically imposed on establishments exempted under S...
Corporate Law : The issue was whether coconut falls under the fruit category for EPF applicability. The Court held it does, emphasizing liberal in...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court has taken up the controversy over delayed employees’ PF/ESI deposits, while the High Court upheld disallowance...
Income Tax : The assessee sought to contest an EPF/ESI disallowance arising only from CPC processing. ITAT ruled that issues from 143(1) must b...
Corporate Law : EPFO has approved acceptance of transgender identity certificates for name and gender corrections. The move strengthens inclusivit...
Corporate Law : The authority held that pension contributions wrongly paid for ineligible members must be recalculated with interest, transferred ...
Corporate Law : EPFO has confirmed that the Aadhaar–UAN seeding deadline will not be extended beyond 31 October 2025. Employers must ensure full...
Corporate Law : EPFO's campaign (Nov 2025–Apr 2026) allows employers to enroll employees missed from 2017 to 2025. Pay only employer's share and...
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces a revamped Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR) from September 2025 with system-based validations, revised filing o...
Analysis of the ITAT Delhi order in Radial International vs DCIT case. ITAT directs AO to re-examine PF payment disallowance due to holiday on the due date.
Employer’s and employee’s contributions to PF are treated differently under the Income Tax Act. While the delay in employee’s contribution permanently negates the employer’s claim for deduction, the delay in employer’s contribution only results in the deferment of deduction under Section 43B.
Explore the review process in civil and revenue law, specifically related to EPF Act-1952. Analysis of criteria, limitations, and practical challenges.
There is no relevance of date of payment of wages for reckoning limit of 15 days for payment of employees contribution to provident fund : ITAT Mumbai
Read the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for EPFO inspections, promoting fairness and ease of compliance while protecting worker’s social security rights. Learn about the three-step inspection process and the parameters used for identification.
Learn how to file complaints with EPFO Vigilance, following CVC guidelines. Ensure genuine complaints with evidence for proper action. Anonymous complaints not accepted.
India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment has declared an 8.15% interest rate for Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) accounts for the year 2022-23.
Examination of the case between Tripoto Travel Private Limited and the ACIT, where ITAT directed re-adjudication on the income tax deduction claim for late deposit of employees’ contributions to PF/ESI.
The Delhi bench of ITAT rules against Gopi Mani Kuttan on delayed deposit of employee contributions to PF/ESIC, in compliance with income tax laws. The article explores the verdict in detail and provides an analysis of the implications of the ruling.
Learn about the tax implications of premature withdrawal from the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) under Section 192A. Understand the applicable rate of TDS, thresholds, and the consequences of not furnishing PAN.
