CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
Corporate Law : EPFO simplified PF withdrawal rules by reducing categories and easing eligibility, but most claims continue to fail because of KYC...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has explained the tax treatment of gratuity, pension, leave encashment, provident funds, NPS, and retire...
Income Tax : Under the earlier law, even a one-day delay in depositing employee contributions resulted in permanent tax disallowance. The new r...
Corporate Law : International workers from non-SSA countries cannot withdraw PF on exit. The article explains why age 58 remains the key condition...
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 ITAT Ahmedabad upheld the disallowance of employees' PF/ESI contributions deposited beyond the due dates prescribed under the ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that proportionate interest disallowance cannot be sustained without establishing a direct nexus between b...
Income Tax : The Agra ITAT held that disallowance of employees' PF and ESI contributions could not be made through Section 143(1) processing wh...
Income Tax : The Tribunal rejected the challenge to disallowance of delayed PF and ESI employee contributions, relying on the Supreme Court's d...
Income Tax : The Tribunal examined disallowance made for delayed employee contributions under Section 143(1). It held that debatable issues can...
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...
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.
ITAT Chennai held that one delay in deposit of employees contribution to PF & ESI covered by the provisions of the General Clauses Act, 1897 as due date was a national holiday. Disallowance u/s u/s.36(1)(va) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for such delay unjustified.
The ITAT Guwahati upholds the disallowance concerning the delay in depositing the Employees’ Contribution Fund in the case of Poddar Car World Pvt Ltd vs ACIT.
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) invites public feedback on the proposed changes to the PFRDA (Point of Presence) Regulations 2018. Learn about the key areas of change and how it aims to simplify processes and ensure the growth of the NPS. Stakeholders can access the draft proposal on the PFRDA website and submit […]
ITAT Delhi dismissed appeal of S K G Traders P Ltd against disallowance of employees’ contribution to Provident Fund/ESIC under section 36(i)(va) read with section 43B of Income Tax Act. The ITAT upheld disallowance, citing judgment in Checkmate Services case.
