EPFO Tax above Rs 2.5 Lakh contribution

The EPFO has come up with a chakravyuh that even Guru Dronacharya cannot match.

https://www.rediff.com/business/column/why-is-modi-chipping-away-at-epfo/20211004.htm

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New regulations from the EPFO mean that interest earned on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF) contributions exceeding £2.5 lakh per financial year will now be taxable. This change, announced in the budget, raises questions about the practicalities of tax deduction and TDS, especially as interest is typically credited late in the year. The exact mechanisms for tax payment and TDS deduction remain unclear.

People with Employees' Provident Fund and Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF) contribution of over Rs 2.5 lakh per financial year will now have two separate PF accounts. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced, in this year's budget, that PF contribution of more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a fiscal will be taxable

Originally posted by : Rama chary Rachakonda
People with Employees' Provident Fund and Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF) contribution of over Rs 2.5 lakh per financial year will now have two separate PF accounts. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced, in this year's budget, that PF contribution of more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a fiscal will be taxable

Who will pay or deduct the tax on that interest earned above 2.5 lakh contribution, when will the tax get paid if the interest itself does not get computed till November every year, and if there is to be a TDS on that interest then who will deduct TDS?

These details are not available from Income Tax government or CBDT.

From last 6 years the interest on Provident Fund is getting credited only around November December. The current government has made the interest crediting action as a "Diwali festival event" to be celebrated. 

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