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...
Explanatory memorandum to the Finance Act, 2021 proposing amendment in section 36(1)(va) as well as section 43B is applicable only from 01.04.2021. These provisions impose a liability on an assessee and therefore cannot be construed as applicable with retrospective effect unless the legislature specifically says so. In the decisions referred to by us in the earlier paragraph of this order on identical issue the tribunal has taken a view that the aforesaid amendment is applicable only prospectively i.e., from 1.4.2021.
In re Lucknow Producers Cooperative Milk Union Ltd. (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Q-1 GST liability on reimbursement of Employee Provided Fund & ESI? Ans-1 GST is liable to be paid @ 18% (9% CGST & 9% SGST) on the Reimbursement of EPF and ESI contribution as the same is liable to be included in the value of […]
In the New Form : 11 – Declaration Form, EPFO has added new validation point at Serial No. 12 asking employee to confirm whether he/she was EPF/EPS member on or before September 2014 and if he/she has withdrawn this amount or not. Format of Form 11 is as follows:- New Form : 11 – Declaration […]
Navrathan Jewellers Pvt. Ltd. Vs ADIT (ITAT Bangalore) Explanatory memorandum to the Finance Act, 2021 proposing amendment in section 36(1)(va) as well as section 43B is applicable only from 01.04.2021. These provisions impose a liability on an assessee and therefore cannot be construed as applicable with retrospective effect unless the legislature specifically says so. In […]
Mr Harsh Kaushik, Deputy Director (Information Services); E-mail Id- help@epfindia.gov.in; has been nominated as grievance redressal officer who can be contacted by any employer to mitigate any technical problem in filling of ECR arising due to Aadhaar seedings/non-seedings with UANs.
What is Employees Provident Fund? The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) is a scheme governed by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization. EPF basically aims to provide social security and offers retirement benefits. The current article covers the basics of EPF; eligibility criteria of EPF; EPF contribution and distribution thereof; EPF registration procedure for employer and relevant […]
Now it has been provided that the due date in section 43B is of no consequence to judge the applicability of provisions of section 36[1][va]of the Act and that too with effect from 01.04.2021.
Enhancement of Ex gratia Death Relief Fund of Rs. Eight Lakhs in the event of death of an employee of the Central Board due to Non -Covid-19 (normal death) -Regarding. File No.B-11/1/2020–HRM-VI/3362 EPFO, HEAD OFFICE MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 14, BHIKAIJI CAMA PLACE. NEW DELHI 110066 www,epfindia.gov.in 02 NOV 2021 To, […]
Controversy on deduction of Employees’ contributions to Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), superannuation fund and other welfare funds u/s 36(1)(va) and u/s 43B after amendment by the Finance Act 2021 As per section 2(24)(x) any sum received by the assessee from his employees as contribution to any provident fund or superannuation fund or any fund set […]
EPFO issues instructions to credit interest of 8.5% for the year 2020-21 into some 25.0 crore accounts of members with EPFO vide Circular No. INV-11/1/2020-INV Dated: 30.10.2021. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. Of India) Head Office Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan, 14- Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi – 110066 www.epfindia.gov.in/www.epfindia.nic.in No. INV-11/1/2020-INV […]
