Please advise whether Employer contribution to PF is a part of the gross salary.
Also let me know employer controbution to PF is tax exempted.
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Employer contribution to pf
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Employers' contribution to PF is exempted under section 80C and it is a part of gross salary.
I got the below from the IT dept website.
Please explain.
The Fourth Schedule
Part A 92
Recognised Provident Funds 93
[See sections 2(38), 10( 12), 10(25), 36(1)(iv), 9487(1)( d), 111, 192(4)]
Employer’s annual contributions, when deemed to be income received by employee.
6. That portion of the annual accretion in any previous year to the balance at the credit of an employee participating in a recognised provident fund as consists of—
( a) contributions made by the employer in excess of ten per cent of the salary of the employee, and
( b) interest credited on the balance to the credit of the employee insofar as it 1 [* * *] is allowed at a rate exceeding such rate as may be fixed by the Central Government in this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette,
shall be deemed to have been received by the employee in that previous year and shall be included in his total income for that previous year, and shall be liable to income-tax 2[* * *].
3. Employees Provident Fund
Tax treatment in respect of contributions made to and payment from various provident funds are summarized in the table given below:
|
Particulars |
Statutory provident fund |
Recognized provident fund |
Unrecognized provident fund |
Public provident fund |
|
Employers contribution to provident fund |
Fully Exempt |
Exempt only to the extent of 12% of salary* |
Fully Exempt |
- |
|
Deduction under section 80C on employees contribution |
Available |
Available |
Not Available |
Available |
|
Interest credited to provident fund |
Fully Exempt |
Exempt only to the extent rate of interest does not exceed 9.5% |
Fully Exempt |
Fully Exempt |
|
Payment received at the time of retirement or termination of service |
Fully Exempt |
Fully Exempt (Subject to certain conditions and circumstances) |
Fully Taxable (except employee’s contribution) |
Fully Exempt |
* Salary = Basic Pay + Dearness Allowance (to the extent it forms part of retirement benefits) + turnover based commission
EPF
(EMPLOYEES’
PROVIDENT FUND
)
All the organizations having
employee
strength
of at least 20
are eligible for PF deductions.
Employer has to contribute 13.61% towards PF deduction. It is divided as:
i.
Pension Fund : 8.33%
ii.
Provident Fund : 3.67%
12%
iii.
Employee Deposit Lin
ked Insurance : 0.5%
iv.
Administrati
ve Charges for PF Scheme: 1.10%
v.
Administrative Charges for EDLI Scheme: 0.01%
All
employees who earn up
to INR
15,000 are now mandatorily required to get enrolled as members
of the EPF
.
Make a contribution of 12% on the
basic
wages, dearness allowance and retaining allowance
.
All the employees drawing wages more than INR 15,000 per month (and who are not members of the
Employees Provident Fund) shall continue to be exempted from mandatory
coverage.
E
mployee earning more than INR 15,000 (i) be enrolled as a member of the Employees Provident
Fund; or (ii) contribute on more than INR 15,000 (if the employee is already a member of the
Employees Provident Fund), both the employer and the employ
ee shall make a joint request (in
writing) to an officer not below the rank of an Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner who shall
have the authority to permit the same
.
EPS
(EMPLOYEES’
PENSION SCHEME
)
The wage threshold for determining the maximum pensionable salary h
as
been increased to
INR
15,000 per month.
The minimum pension for members of the EPS and widow (er)/ nominee/ dependent parent has been
fixed at INR 1,000/ month for the financial year 2014
-
15.
The amount of contribution by the Central Government to the
pension fund has been increased to a
maximum of INR 174/ month (1.16 % of INR 15,000).
New EPF members enrolled on or after September 1, 2014 and having salary of more than INR
15,000/ month at the time of joining, will not become members of the EPS. Accor
dingly, the entire
contribution of 24% (from the employee and employer) will go to the provident fund account of the
employee.
M
embers who have already been contributing to the Pension Scheme above INR 6,500 per month (as
on September 1, 2014)
have been g
iven
a
n option to exercise fresh option
within 6 months
to
contribute to the Pension Scheme above the statutory ceiling of INR 15,000 per month
if not opted any contributions to the Employees' Pension Fund over the wage ceiling shall be
diverted to the
Employee's Provident Fund account of the member and
if opted
such a member would have to contribute the Central Government’s share of
contribution at 1.16% on the salary exceeding INR 15,000/ month from his/ her share of
contribution. In case of failur
e, contribution to the EPS will be limited to 8.33% of INR
15,000/ month effective September 1, 2014.
In cases where the wages of a member exceeds INR 15,000 per month, the contribution payable
by the employer and the Central Government is limited to the
amount payable on his pay of INR
15,000
EDLI
(EMPLOYEES’
DEPOSIT
-
LINKED INSURANCE)
The
insurance benefit under the EDLI has been increased by 20% in addition to the existing
admissible benefits.
The limit on contributions payable by the employer has been increased from the amounts payable on
a monthly pay of INR 15,000.
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