EPF maturity withdrawal

If the assesee is a director in a company for a period more than 9 years and opened one epf account and closed it before 5 years of completion from date of opening epf account , is withdraw amount taxable in salary Head or completely exempt u/s 10(12) ?????
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This discussion clarifies the taxability of EPF maturity withdrawals. If an EPF account is closed before five years of opening, the withdrawn amount is generally taxable. It's split into four parts: employer's contribution and its interest are taxed under salary, employee's contribution is taxed at a special rate if 80C deductions were claimed, and the interest on the employee's contribution is taxed under 'Income from other sources'.

It's taxable and not exempt
The amount withdrawn will be bifurcated into 4 parts. 1. Employer's contribution 2. Interest on employers contribution 3. Employee's contribution 4. Interest on employees contribution
Part 1 and 2 will be taxed under salary head but part 3 will be taxed at special rate only to the extent of tax deduction claimed in previous years under Sec 80C. Part 4 will be taxed under the head Income from other sources.

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