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Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits.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...
ITAT Kolkata partially reverses CPC’s Rs.6.56 lakh disallowance for Payal Enterprise. S. 38 of EPF Scheme means due date is 15 days from salary payment month, not due month, making certain payments timely.
ITAT Kolkata remands PF/ESI disallowance for AY 2018-19, 2019-20 to AO for verification of statutory due dates. Follows Supreme Court’s Checkmate ruling: employee contributions must be paid by special Act due dates.
Understand EPF withdrawal taxability and TDS rules. Covers service period, exemption cases, and PAN/Form 15G requirements for correct tax compliance.
The EPFO has simplified its approval process for exceptional transactions, delegating authority to lower-level officials to streamline financial and account-related tasks.
The EPFO now allows members to download their Annexure K transfer certificate directly from the Member Portal, making it easier to track PF transfers.
Delhi High Court upholds disallowance of delayed PF/ESI contributions under Section 143(1), but permits deductions when the due date falls on a public holiday.
Delhi HC confirms PF/ESI delay disallowance under Sec 143(1). Employee contributions must be deposited by due dates to qualify for tax deductions.
Liquidator vide letter dated 20.11.2021 did not accept the claim principally on the ground of violation of Moratorium. On instructions of the Liquidator, the Corporate Debtor has challenged the order dated 11.10.2021 passed u/s. 7A of the EPF Act before CGIT Ahmedabad in appeal bearing EPF Appeal (CGIT) No.36 of 2021.
The ITAT Chandigarh has ruled that late payments of employees’ PF and ESI contributions are not deductible, upholding the principle from the Supreme Court’s Checkmate Services case.
SEO Description: The ITAT Bangalore has remanded a case back to the tax office to verify whether employee PF/ESI contributions were paid on time, noting a discrepancy between the audit report and the taxpayer’s claim.
