Withdrawn your entire EPF balance after a job switch? You may still need to transfer service history to protect your pension under EPS 95Many salaried employees forget to transfer their Employees' Pension Scheme EPS service history when switching jobs. This is crucial even if...
05 Jun, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
Online EPF withdrawal gets easier in 2026: Know how and when you can take money outEPFO simplified EPF withdrawal rules in 2025, reducing categories to Essential Needs, Housing Needs, and Special Circumstances. While full ...
24 Dec, 2025, 08.00 AM IST
EPF taxation rules explained: Do you need to pay income tax if you withdraw your Employees' Provident Fund before 5 years of service?EPF withdrawals are generally tax-free after five years of service. However, withdrawals before this period may attract tax. Certain condit...
13 Nov, 2025, 03.06 PM IST
EPF 3.0: Withdraw PF by swiping from ATMsSwift and hassle-free withdrawal of provident fund money could be revolutionary. Paradoxically, the current time-consuming and tedious proc...
09 Jun, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
You could lose section 80C tax benefit on EPF contribution; here's whySection 80C tax benefit on EPF: Many salaried individuals claim Section 80C tax benefit on their own Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contrib...
17 May, 2024, 12.36 PM IST
The unintentional tax-saving investment that most salaried employees doEPF as tax-saving investments: If you're a salaried employee and is/planning to opt for old tax regime for current FY 2023-24, then Employe...
31 Mar, 2024, 10.01 AM IST
EPF withdrawals will be less taxing now. All about the big budget announcementWithdrawals from an EPF account before the completion of five years are currently taxable. TDS is not applicable if the withdrawal amount i...
04 Feb, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
TDS rate on EPF withdrawals reduced to 20% from 30% in Budget 2023 in these casesReduction in the TDS rate on EPF withdrawal will help individuals whose PAN is not updated with the records in the EPFO. Previously, the TD...
02 Feb, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
When does EPF withdrawal become taxable?Though the biggest USP of the Employees' Provident Fund is its EEE tax status, however, there are certain instances when EPF can become tax...
06 Dec, 2022, 01.15 PM IST
How EPF discriminates against those who need it the mostFor a vast number of the salaried, the employee provident fund (EPF) is the only social security net they have. But the EPF rules are such ...
28 Jan, 2021, 02.47 PM IST
How EPF discriminates against those who need it the mostThe government is in the process of implementing the new Labour Codes, likely to be effective from April 1, 2021. One of the important aspe...
28 Jan, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
No tax implications of coronavirus relief withdrawals from EPF: EPFOThe withdrawal can also be done online. For this, one must have an activated Universal Account Number (UAN), the Aadhaar should be verified...
13 Apr, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
Withdrawing EPF before completion of five years? Here's how you will be taxedAccording to EPF rules, one can withdraw up to 75% of corpus after 1 month of quitting job. The remaining 25% if he/she remains unemployed ...
21 Sep, 2018, 02.49 PM IST
Will I continue to earn interest on EPF after leaving my job and will it be tax free?Assuming your age is less than 58 years, your account will continue to earn interest. However, the interest earned in this account will be ...
30 Jul, 2018, 06.30 AM IST
BJP hails rollback of proposal to tax EPF withdrawalBJP also took a jibe at Congress after some of its leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, sought to take credit for the Modi government's rethink.
08 Mar, 2016, 06.18 PM IST
People's concerns on EPF tax proposal legitimate: Jayant SinhaJayant Sinha said that the government rolled back the proposal to tax EPF withdrawals as it realised that concerns raised by lots of people...
08 Mar, 2016, 05.48 PM IST
Budget 2016: Taxing PF withdrawal anti-worker, double taxation, say trade unionsCentral trade unions, including the RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), have opposed the Budget proposal to tax EPF.
01 Mar, 2016, 02.42 PM IST