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...
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Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits.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...
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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 issue centered on employees’ PF contributions and statutory due dates post-Checkmate ruling. The ITAT held that detailed ver...
Income Tax : The High Court held that the Tribunal exceeded its limited powers under Section 254(2) by recalling a final order on merits. Once ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal remanded the MAT issue after noting lack of factual verification on whether reserve withdrawals were credited to the ...
Income Tax : SEO Description: The Tribunal held that an appeal cannot be dismissed solely on limitation without examining reasons for delay. Th...
Income Tax : Tribunal relied on Supreme Court’s Checkmate ruling to uphold disallowance of delayed employees’ PF/ESI contribution under Sec...
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...
Admittedly, the contributions of the assessees to the Provident Fund are not a recognized Fund, the same are not eligible for deduction u/s. 80C (2) (vi) of the I.T. Act.
members and pensioners of the Employees’ Pension Scheme desirous of continuing to avail pension and membership to the Employees’ pension Scheme by availing the Central Government’s contribution and subsidy under the said Scheme, are required to furnish proof of the possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication for better and hassle free identification through Aadhaar.
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.
