the date by which employees’ PF shall be deducted is on or before 15th of the next month. PF Payment: The due date for PF Payment, i.e. Now, click on “Generate Challan”> “Finalize” and make the payment by clicking on “Pay”. Also, enter the number of employees, excluded number of employees and their salary. Further, click on “Prepare Challan” and fill in the EPF and EDLI charges as applicable. Next, verify the ECR uploaded and a Temporary Return Reference Number (TRRN) will be generated. Select the Wage Month for which you are filing the return and other required details and upload the Text file. Now, login to the EPFO Portal, got to Payments> ECR Filing> ECR Upload.

Next, replace all the commas (,) between two fields with #~# and save the file as a text document. Now, open the CSV file and remove all the extra commas, if any. Make sure to delete the first column with the particulars. An ECR file containing the list of employees against their UAN will be downloaded.įill in the details regarding: a) Gross wages: Gross wages are the b) EPF wages: Basic Wages + Dearness Allowance c) EPS wages: Basic Wages + Dearness Allowance d) EDLI wages: Same as EPS wages e) EPF Contribution remitted: 12% of EPF wages (or as decided by organization) f) EPS Contribution remitted: 8.33% of EPS wages g) EPF EPS difference remitted: Difference between (e) and (f) h) NCP Days: Non-Contributing Period i.e.

Next, click on ‘ECR Upload’, go to ‘Download ECR File’, select the wage month for which you want to file PF return, select the file type as ‘ECR’ and click on ‘ECR File Download’. Navigate to Payment and click on ‘ECR/Return Filing’. Login to the EPFO portal using the credentials sent on your email Id upon successful sign up with Unified Shram Suvidha Portal. In order to make the PF payment online through the EPFO Portal, the following procedure is to be followed:

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