2.5 Lacs Limit on Annual PF Investment

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Sherine (Querist)
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30 May 2021 Dear Sir/Madam,

In the recent budget it was announce that the interest earned on any contributions by people to PF accounts exceeding 2.5 lacs will be taxable, I am a bit confused on interpreting this, below are my questions:

1) Does this limit of 2.5 Lacs takes into consideration both EPF/VPF account and PPF account?

2) Will there be taxes applicable still if EPF+VPF contributions are about 2.5 Lacs per year and we again invest upto 1.5 Lacs on PPF?

Request your help in clearing this confusion i got,

Thanks
Sherine

CA R SEETHARAMAN

CA R SEETHARAMAN (Expert)
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30 May 2021 1 It's EPF account only.
2 yes, you can do.

Sherine

Sherine (Querist)
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31 May 2021 Thanks a lot for the response sir!
Had a couple of more questions regarding PPF, would be great if you can help me understand -

1) Will there be an option to contribute more than 1.5 L per annum or will the account not accept any deposits more than 1.5 L per annum?

2) Will the corpus of PPF still be tax free (at exit) even if I contribute about 3 Lacs in EPF+VPF and 1.5 Lacs in PPF per year?

Thanks