CA, CS, CMA : This update outlines critical compliance deadlines across FEMA, GST, Income Tax, Companies Act, and more for April 2026. It helps ...
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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Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits.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...
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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)....
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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...
Instances of difficulties being faced by members on account of the instructions have been brought to notice particularly in respect of members who had ceased to be in employment before 01.2014 given the fact that initially UAN was allotted only to members who were subscribers during January, 2014 to June, 2014. There could also be other cases and instances where insisting on the requirement of UAN with the claim form may cause undue hardship to the claimant.
In the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, in paragraph II, in sub-paragraph (4), after the words on salary exceeding fifteen thousand rupees per month occurring at the end. the words and the pensionable salary for the existing members who prefer such fresh option shall he based on the higher salary, shall he inserted
Itis announced for general information that during the year 2016-2017, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the Staff Provident Fund shall carry interest at the rate of 8.1% (Eight point one percent) per annum w.e.f. 01.04.2016 to 30.06.2016.
The UAN based claim Form – 10 – D – UAN have been introduced in respect of all employees whose AADHAR Number and Bank details have been seeded and have been duly verified by the employer using digital signature and the details in Form No. 11 New have been completed.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A read with sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme further to amend the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, namely :-
Provided that if the member does not take up an employment coverable under this Scheme and has rendered less than ten years eligible service on the date of exit, but dies before attaining the age of fifty-eight years and before a continuous period of thirty-six months has elapsed during which contributions have not been received in respect of the member in the Pension Fund, the amount of contributions
The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India launched the Universal Account Number (UAN) for EPF members in October 2014 with a view to enable members to have continuity in their PF membership on every change in job and/or location. UAN has been issued to all members in respect of whom at least one contribution has been received since January 2014.
A proposal for comprehensive amendment to the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF & MP) Act, 1952 is under consideration of the Government which, inter alia, includes reducing threshold limit for coverage from 20 to 10 employees under the Act.
The contribution payable under Employees” State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 is not an interest-bearing deposit. The Central Board of Trustees (CBT), Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) in its 211th meeting held on 16.02.2016 has proposed an interim rate of interest at 8.80 per cent to be credited to the accounts of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) subscribers for the year 2015-16. Ministry of Finance has, however, ratified an interest rate of 8.70 per cent.
Ministry of Finance vide Notification No. G.S.R.322 (E) dated 18.03.2016 has notified accounts of Employees’ Provident Fund as one of the schemes identified for transfer of unclaimed amounts.However, the EPF funds, as per para 53 of the EPF Scheme, 1952, cannot be expended for any purpose other than payment to individual
