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Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 updates Schedule XI to remove outdated contribution and investment limits.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...
Provident Fund (PF) is one of the best fixed-income instruments. This is so because PF is the ONLY debt product apart from PPF, where the interest rate is not only quite attractive but more-importantly tax free as well. Secondly, there is no limit on the amount. Disciplined saving every month is another plus point.
The Finance Act, 2015 (20 of 2015) has Inserted a new section 192A regarding the payment of accumulated provident fund balance due to an employee. The Provision Shall Take effect from 01st June 2015. Income Tax should be deducted at source (TDS) at the following rates if at the time of payment of the accumulated PF balance is more than or equal to Rs. 30,000/-, with service than 5 years:-
Employees’ provident fund Provident fund scheme is as a retirement benefit scheme. Under this scheme, a stipulated sum is deducted from the salary of the employee as his contribution towards this fund. The employer also generally contributes simultaneously an equal amount out of its pocket to the fund. The contributions of employee and employer are […]
Facility for Filing Online Single Return to be Launched Tomorrow The facility for filing Single Online Common Return under 8 Central Labour Acts / Rules on the ShramSuvidha Portal will be launched tomorrow. This service will reduce the transaction costs of business and make it easy and convenient to meet their obligations.
Government Decides to Fix Interest Rates at 8.7% for General Provident Fund(GPF) and other Similar Funds Including Special Deposit Scheme, 1975(SDS,1975) for Non-Government Provident, Superannuation and Gratuity Funds for the Financial Year 2015-16 It was decided by the Government to link the interest rates of State PFs (General Provident Fund and other similar funds) including […]
ITEMS INCLUDED IN BASIC WAGES BASIC WAGES – HOW TO CONSTRUE The expression ‘basic wages’ has to receive an interpretation which would achieve the object of the enactment. The Act has to be considered in its proper perspective and contextual so as to fructify the legislative intentions underlying the enactment. If two views are possible, […]
Employees Provident Fund (EPF/PF) is normally referred to as a retirement plan for employees. 12% of the basic wages, dearness allowance and retaining allowance, if any, payable to employees per month is deducted from employee’s salary and 12% is contributed by the employer.
What is the Contribution for Provident Fund both by the Employer & Employee?: The Employee contributes 12% of his /her Basic Salary & the same amount is contributed by the Employer.Is it Compulsory for the all the employees to contribute to the Provident Fund?
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has launched a facility for online verification of status of the claim under the EPF. Please click on the following link to find the status of your claim submitted in any of the EPFO Office.
EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation) has cut the administrative fee it charges under the ambit of its social security schemes, effective from January 1st 2015. The administrative charges have been reduced to 0.85% of basic wage from 1.10% as per a Labour Ministry Notification No. S.O. 323(E) and S.O. 324(E) both dated 02.02.2015.
