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Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits.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...
To extend the availability and reach of online services, which have become crucial in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, EPFO updated Know your Customer (KYC) data for its 52.62 lakh subscribers in the month of April and May 2020.
Basis EPF ESI 1.) Acts Applicable The Employees’ Provident Funds And Miscellaneous Provident Act, 1952. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 Extends to Whole INDIA Whole India 2.) Name of Scheme Employees Provident Fund Scheme. 3.) Organisation Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) 3.) Applicability All business entities with 20 or more […]
What is Employee Provident Fund and the latest amendment. Employees’ Provident Fund or EPF is a popular savings scheme that has been introduced by the EPFO under the supervision of the Government of India. This is focused mainly on the salaried class of India to inbuilt their habit of saving money to build a substantial retirement corpus. The EPF scheme […]
Withdrawal of Provident Fund may attract Income Tax. The Income Tax Department recently told EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation) to deduct Tax (TDS) from the withdrawal amount, if the withdrawal happened before completing five years of subscription. Tax officials have cited a rule in the 1961 Income-Tax Act that taxes PF withdrawals by employees before completing five years of contributions into the EPF is taxable.
1. Login to Member Interface of Unified Portal http://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in 2. Go to online services and Click on Claim (Form-31,19,10C & 10D) Tab 3. Enter your Bank account number and Verify. 4. Click on ‘Proceed for Online Claim’ 5. Select PF Advance (Form 31) Form the Drop Down Menu 6. Select Purpose as ‘Outbreak of Pandemic […]
With the aim to boost economy amid the lockdown due to emergence of COVID-19, several state governments have decided to suspend most of the labour laws in their respective state via ordinance. This has been done with an aim to give curb the effects of lockdown on Indian economy and provide employers with more flexibility […]
Employee Provident Fund (EPF) refers to the scheme which provides monetary benefits to the salaried class people upon retirement. It is governed by the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF & MP Act 1952). The Act extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It is applicable […]
Clarification on Employees Provident Fund Deductions (EPF) Under Covid-19 Relief On 13th May 2020, Government of India announced relief under Employees Provident Fund Act for all eligible establishments stressed due to Covid-19. The relief announced was as under, 1. **For all those employees and establishment who are NOT covered under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna […]
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Reduction in statutory rate of EPF contribution from 12% to 10% Q 1. What is revised rate of EPF contribution announced by the Central Govt. under Atmanirbhar Bharat package? Ans. Under this package the statutory rate of EPF contribution of both employer and employee has been reduced to 10 percent of basic […]
Support and reduction in Employee’s Provident Fund (EPF) contribution for businesses and workers by the GOI The wage-earners earning below Rs.15000/- per month in businesses having less than 100 workers are being supported by the Government of India (GOI) by way of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP). On 26th March 2020, FM has proposed […]
