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CA, CS, CMA : Summary of notifications and circulars from August 18-24, 2025, covering new income tax rules for employee perquisites, GST update...
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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 : The Labour Ministry clarified EPFO reforms, which simplify withdrawals by merging 13 provisions into three, reducing eligibility t...
Corporate Law : Ministry of Labour launches EPF Enrolment Campaign 2025 (Nov 2025 - Apr 2026) to expand social security. Employers can regularize ...
Corporate Law : The EPFO extended the ECR filing deadline for the September 2025 wage month to October 22 due to employer difficulties with the re...
Corporate Law : NCLAT held that provident fund dues assessed during moratorium under Section 14 IBC cannot be admitted in CIRP. The resolution pla...
Corporate Law : Provident fund dues were protected by statute and same were excluded from the liquidation estate of a company under Section 36(4)(...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi held that demand made by the EPFO on the basis of an inspection report made after initiation of moratorium is not enfo...
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Corporate Law : Liquidator vide letter dated 20.11.2021 did not accept the claim principally on the ground of violation of Moratorium. On instruct...
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Income Tax : The new tax regime introduces Form 121 as a single declaration replacing Forms 15G and 15H. It simplifies TDS exemption compliance...
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The Central Provident Fund Commissioner vide order Manual/Amendments/2011/ Pt/31792 dated 20.02.2017 has introduced Composite Claim Form (Aadhar) and Composite Claim Form (Non-Aadhar) by replacing the erstwhile Forms No. 19, 10C & 31 to simplify the submission of claim form by the subscribers.
Head office receives complaints regarding non-compliance under EPF MP Act, 1952 from several sources like employees, Trade Unions/ Associations, Ministry, PMO, Vigilance etc. These complaints are forwarded to the field offices for complaint disposal and necessary action and were followed up by Head office to its logical conclusion.
It has been decided that obtaining of aadhaar should be mandatory for the time being only for pension (10D) claims) and not in withdrawal cases (Form 10C).
In the matter of Introduction of Composite Claim Forms (Aadhar and Non-Aadhar) to replace existing Claim Forms No. 19, 10C & 31 and Forms No. 19 (UAN), 10C(UAN) & 31 (UAN)
Foreign assignments involving mobility of international workers has always been entangled in the complexities of two legislations. To ease out the hindrances and protect the interest of cross border workers of India and Japan, India has signed social security agreement (SSA) with Japan w.e.f. Oct 1, 2016.
Employees Enrolment Campaign 2017 offers opportunity to employers to voluntarily declare details of all employees. EPFO settles 19,114 grievances in January, 2017
The date of submission of life certificate by pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 was extended upto 28.02.2017 vide Head Office letter Pension-I/17(1) 2016/Jeevan/Pramaan/613 dated 16.01.2017 in order to facilitate the pensioners to submit life certificate through Aadhaar based Jeevan Pramaan system during the extended period.
It is intimated that MES issued instructions to their field functionaries for strict compliance. The address of CEs Command & ADG (OF & DRDO) is enclosed in the letter in Appendix ‘A’ who shall provide details of 5, A, B, C, D and E class contractors engaged by MES. ACC (Zones) are advised to contact any of such concerned Chief Engineer, Commands as given in Appendix ‘A’ in the first instance who will provide the data and issue directions to their subordinate field functionaries.
Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence formulated the Health care schemes for its ex-servicemen which is called ECHS. It is implemented by project organisation having its headquarters at Delhi and regional centres at different locations. The list is enclosed for ready reference, please.
To bring in more employees from public and private sector into the ambit of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), an Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2017 has been launched for the period 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017.
