The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) has been one of the best investments to build a tidy retirement corpus. Investments earn us tax deduction benefits, interest and returns are tax free and it’s easy to invest. Over 6 crore people invest in EPF and its corpus is over Rs 10 trillion. Moneycontrol’s EPF guide gives you the nuts and bolts of EPF and offers a glimpse of what the future holds for an investment that every salaried employee loves.
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The government's new wage code requires basic pay to be 50 percent of your total salary. Provident fund deductions will, therefore, increase.
Employees earning high salaries can opt for a mix of EPF, PPF and NPS to optimize returns
The income tax department has indicated that interest income from provident fund contributions over Rs 2.5 lakh will be taxed like fixed deposit interest
Your EPF corpus is your retirement nest egg. The higher this corpus, the better. It depends on your age, contributions, basic salary and the EPF interest rate that the EPFO declares every year.
Interest earned on provident contributions of Rs 2.5 lakh in a year will now be taxed. Is it time to look for alternatives?
EPFO informed all the concerned people about the electronic facility for principal employers.
A larger contribution to your Employees’ Provident Fund will be taxed
If you are faced with a financial crunch due to the COVID-19 crisis, you can now dip into your employee provident fund (EPF) corpus. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has opened up withdrawals from the account after receiving government approval. Read on to find out answers to all your questions on withdrawing from the EPF account
Most of the salaried employees love EPF due to tax-free and secure returns, ease of investing and withdrawal benefits. But there is a way to increase the contribution towards EPF and voluntarily contribute more towards the retirement corpus. So, should one opt for VPF? Watch the video to find out.
National Pension System and Employee Provident Fund, both the retirement options are overseen by the government but they differ from each other on various parameters. So, which one is better? And how much money can one withdraw upon reaching the retirement age? Watch the video to find out
Moneycontrol takes a deeper dive into the EPFO and its schemes, and explores what does it do and what its benefits are.
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