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Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits.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...
Vinko Auto Industries Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Amritsar) Now, coming to the second aspect/determination made by the CIT(A) to the effect that the amendment made in Section 36(1)(va) and 43B of the Act by Finance Act 2021 has to be considered as clarificatory in nature and having retrospective effects, therefore would be applicable to the […]
Express Roadway P. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) The issue in the present ground is with respect to addition made on account of delayed payment of ESI/EPF. We find that CIT(A) while deciding the issue in favour of the assessee has given a finding that though there was delay in deposit of ESI & EPF […]
Vansh Jain Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Since in the instant case the assessee admittedly has deposited the employees’ contribution to PF & ESI before the due date of filing of the income tax return, therefore, respectfully following the decisions cited (supra), I hold that the Ld. CIT(A) is not justified in sustaining the adjustment made […]
Rukmini Polytubes Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) ITAT find the adjustment of Rs. 1,82,543/- under section 43B(b) was made by the CPC on account of belated payment of PF and ESI payment of Bonus and GST. It is the submission of the Learned Counsel for the Assessee that the above payments were made before […]
Worldwide Facility Management Services Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Since in the instant case the assessee admittedly has deposited the employees’ contribution to PF & ESI before the due date of filing of the income tax return, therefore, respectfully following the decisions cited (supra), I hold that the Ld. CIT(A) is not justified in […]
Aroon Facilitation Management Services Pvt. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) I find the A.O. CPC in the instant case has computed the income of the assessee at Rs.16,58,230/- as against the returned income of Rs.6,98,610/- by making an adjustment for a sum of Rs.9,59,624/- on account of belated payment to employees’ contribution towards PF & ESI […]
ITAT Delhi rules in Amandeep Singh Khurana vs ITO, disallowance u/s 36(1)(va) not valid for delayed PF/ESI deposit if made before return filing.
Pee Tee Turners Vs Assistant Director of CPC (ITAT Jaipur) In the instant case, admittedly and undisputedly, the employees’ contribution to ESI and PF collected by the assessee from its employees have been deposited well before the due date of filing of return of income u/s 139(1) – D/R has referred to the explanation to […]
Citi Centre Developers Vs CPC (ITAT Chandigarh) Since the facts of the present cases are identical to the facts involved in Raja Ram Vs. ITO, Yamunanagar (ITAT, Chandigarh) therefore respectfully following the earlier orders as referred to herein above of the different Benches of the ITAT, the impugned additions made by the Assessing Officer and […]
Ld. CIT(A) did not consider submission of Assessee and wrongly observed in impugned order that appellant has not given any submissions and evidences regarding the disallowance of deduction u/s.80C
