Salary return and other return

we file returns like PF , ESIC etc...but these all are filed and shown in salary return..and also are filed separately by employers...
my question is why gratuity, leave encashment returns are not filed separately??
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This discussion clarifies why Provident Fund (PF) and Employee State Insurance (ESI) returns require monthly filing by employers, unlike gratuity and leave encashment. The key difference lies in the statutory obligation for employers and employees to contribute to PF and ESI funds regularly. Gratuity and leave encashment, however, are payable upon specific employee eligibility criteria being met, without ongoing monthly contributions, hence they don't have separate mandatory filing requirements.

There is no legal requirement to file gratuity and leave encashment returns.

where as there is statutory obligation on employer to file PF and ESI monthly returns. because here employer and employee should contribute to PF and ESI monthly. and to know whether they are following this statutory requirement regularly or not i.e. whether employer paying his and employee contributions to PF and ESI funds regularly or not they may kept this filing requirement. here employee contribution also there in PF and ESI may be that could be the reason to file PF and ESI returns.

where as gratuity will be payable to employee as and he completed 5 years of continuous services. here there is no monthly contributions by both of them hence there will be no requirement.
Agree with Above
Okay...got it...thank you so much..
Gratuity and Leave encashment has seperate eligibility conditions for every employee.
Yeah
..got it...thanks...

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