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Withdrawn your entire EPF balance after a job switch?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...
New rules from July 1, 2026: Aadhaar update, passport fees, LPG prices, credit cards, railways and other major changes explainedSeveral important financial and regulatory changes have come into effect from July 1, 2026, impacting taxpayers, Aadhaar holders, passport ...
EPFO 3.0 promises a digital PF experience, but can it fix years of legacy problems?EPFO 3.0 aims to modernize provident fund services through upgraded technology, faster claim processing, simplified withdrawals, digital re...
Will Rs 32 lakh EPF corpus withdrawal be tax-free? Are there better options than withdrawing?ET Wealth Reader's Query: I contributed to EPF until 2021 while working at an MNC. Since moving to a startup in 2022 that doesn’t offer PF,...
Planning early retirement at 50 with a Rs 12.5 crore corpus? Expert explains how to generate Rs 2 lakh monthly incomeAn investor planning early retirement at 50 with a Rs 12.5 crore corpus seeks expert advice on generating Rs 2 lakh monthly income. The exp...
Rules for faster full and final settlement, annual leave encashment & other provisions are already effective under new labour code even without state government notification, know what it meansNew labour code provisions are now effective across India from November 21, 2025. Employee benefits like faster full and final payments and...
Zero income tax on Rs 15 lakh CTC? Here’s how these allowances and perks can cut your tax under new tax regimeSalaried individuals can significantly reduce their tax liability under the new tax regime by strategically utilizing allowances and perqui...
India Inc salary restructuring: How new labour codes and income tax rules will impact take-home pay and retirement savingsSalaried employees face uncertainty as new labor codes and tax rules loom. Companies are preparing for changes, but widespread implementati...
EPF rules: New Labour Code vs old PF law creates payroll & tax confusion for employersA visible exception in the latest reform story is that the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act (EPF Act), 1952—Indi...
Budget 2024: Continuity of SWFs/ PF tax benefits by extending sunset clause to 31 March 2025 – Augurs well for Infrastructure SectorThe Finance Minister presented the Interim Budget 2024, which focuses on infrastructure and investment. The budget allocates over ₹11 Lakh ...
Govt unlikely to review Rs 2.5 lakh threshold to tax PF interest“Of course, PF is lifetime saving of the working class and the government is committed to ensure that they benefit. But we had to undertake...
EPFO panel grants regular tax exemption to 68 private PF trustsAn empowered committee of the retirement fund body EPFO today approved granting regular tax exemption to 68 private provident fund trusts.
EPFO panel meet on Friday to grant tax exemption to PF trustsIn a bid to protect tax benefits for subscribers of about 180 private provident fund trusts, retirement fund body EPFO has called a meeting...
- FinMin may extend IT exemption to private PF trusts till Mar 2013
The Finance Ministry is likely to extend the income tax exemption on retirement benefits to private PF trusts for the current fiscal.
Budget 2012: Confusion for company-run provident fund trustsTo ensure that their employees are not at mercy of the state-run PF dept, many employers manage funds in-house by setting up PF trusts unde...
- Trouble ahead: Income Tax department tells EPFO to tax premature PF withdrawals
The Income Tax department has asked the 3,70,000 crore EPFO to tax all withdrawals by workers with less than five years of PF savings.
- 5 years later, top guns yet to get exemption licence for PF trusts
Top executives of India Inc and MNCs will be looking for a fine print to ascertain the legitimacy and taxability of their workers' retireme...
- 2,000 cos likely to lose tax benefits on PF contributions
At least 2,000 Indian and multinational companies managing their own provident fund trusts are likely to lose the tax relief on contributio...
- PF Primer: EMI & Tax Benefits
EMIs, or equated monthly instalments, have become a part of most of our lives. Right from a house, to a car or even an LCD is available on ...
- Retirement benefits, including PF, not to be taxed: Govt
Govt today said PF would not be taxed and also dropped a proposal to levy Minimum Alternate Tax on corporates. Schemes with maximum tax ben...