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...
Chandigarh ITAT remanded a case where CPC disallowed delayed PF/ESI deposits under section 143(1)(a), holding that factual errors and debatable issues require detailed verification and cannot be adjusted mechanically.
The tax appellate authority dismissed the appeal of Tangerine Design Private Limited (AY 2018-19) on the disallowance of late employee EPF/ESI contributions.
Ministry of Labour launches EPF Enrolment Campaign 2025 (Nov 2025 – Apr 2026) to expand social security. Employers can regularize records with waived employee contributions and reduced penalty.
ITAT Pune upheld CPC disallowance under section 36(1)(va) for delayed employee PF/ESI deposits, following Supreme Court ruling in Checkmate Services.
Deduction under Section 36(1)(va) was allowable for a 16-day delay in depositing Employees’ Provident Fund by the assessee as delay was attributable due to the lockdown consequent upon the COVID-19 pandemic.
EPFO introduces a revamped Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR) from September 2025 with system-based validations, revised filing options, and payment flexibility.
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.