Income Tax : Form 187 allows appeal against refusal or withdrawal of recognition of provident, gratuity, or superannuation funds within 60 days...
Income Tax : Form 186 application process, eligibility, documents, filing rules, and recognition of provident funds under Income-tax provisions...
Income Tax : Form 185 sets format for maintaining provident fund subscriber accounts, including contributions, interest, and balances, with ann...
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Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits. The changes bring income-tax rul...
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...
Corporate Law : EPFO has streamlined the PF transfer process, eliminating employer approval for most claims, aiming to reduce turnaround time and ...
Corporate Law : EPFO is revolutionizing service delivery by introducing auto-mode settlement for education, marriage, and housing claims, reducing...
Corporate Law : EPFO grants a five-month extension to employers for uploading wage details regarding pension on higher wages. Learn about the late...
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 case dealt with disallowance of employee contributions deposited beyond statutory due dates. The Tribunal remanded the matter ...
Income Tax : The case addressed disallowance of employee contributions deposited beyond prescribed timelines. The Tribunal upheld the legal pos...
Income Tax : The case examined whether delayed employee contributions could be disallowed under Section 143(1). The Tribunal held such adjustme...
Income Tax : The case involved disallowance of employee contributions during return processing. The Tribunal held that such debatable issues ca...
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...
Corporate Law : Starting August 1, 2025, UAN allotment and activation will be mandatory through the UMANG app using Aadhaar-based Face Authenticat...
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces easier PF transfer with revamped Form 13 and bulk UAN generation for employers (without immediate Aadhaar)....
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces UAN allotment and activation through UMANG app using Face Authentication (FAT). Simplifies access to EPFO services...
1. Further to my article Taxability of Interest on Excess PF Contribution dated 11.02.2021, an attempt has been made in this article , to explain the new threshold limit of tax exemption and the manner of tax computation. The Government has increased the deposit threshold limit to ₹5 lakh per annum in the provident fund […]
The maximum assurance benefit payable under paragraph 22(3) of EDLI Scheme has been enhanced to Rs. 7 lakh from earlier maximum benefit of 6 lakh (Under para 22(3) of the scheme, the salary multiple shall be 35).
This is normally seen that most of the employees and workers not properly aware about how properly maintain his or her UAN and PF account. Also, they are operating this causally not understand the importance of its. But when they very need of it found them helpless and in very problematic situations. Some of basic […]
Rate of Interest on General Provident Fund (GPF) and other similar funds including Special Deposit Schemes, 1975 (SDS, 1975) for non-Government Provident, Superannuation and Gratuity Funds for first Quarter of financial year 2021-22.
DCIT Vs Dee Development Engineers Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The assessee company has not deposited the employees’ contribution within the due date which is prescribed under the said statute i.e. Provident Fund and ESIC. This issue is dealt by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in case of CIT vs. M/s Bharat Hotels Ltd. 410 ITR 417 […]
In the intimation processed u/s 143(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961, the Centralize Processing Center makes addition of income as per the amount reported in certain clauses of Tax Audit Report. Assessee is left with no choice but to go for appeal with higher authorities. We have noticed that the disallowance includes along various other […]
FM increased the deposit threshold limit to Rs 5 lakh per annum in provident fund for which interest would continue to be tax-exempt, if there is no employer contribution. It was made clear that the threshold limit will not be enhanced in the cases where employer is contributing towards EPF.
The Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill, 2021 on March 23, 2021, with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman introducing 127 amendments with a view to boost ease of doing business and easing compliance burden. Among the major changes is a tweak in the proposal to tax income on P.F. contribution above Rs. 2.50 lakhs in […]
Tax on income out of excess employer contribution to specified funds – Computation methodology prescribed The Finance Act 2020 introduced a new provision under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) by virtue of which employer contribution exceeding Rs. 7.5 lakhs p.a. (i.e. excess contribution) in aggregate to the following funds is now taxable in the […]
Taxability of Interest on Employee Contribution to PF over Rs 2.5 Lacs in a Financial Year (New Provision Proposed in Union Budget to be effective from 1st April 2021) Background of Provident Fund Employee Provident Fund is the fund the purpose of which is to provide the employee social security for him and his family with the […]
