EPF REGISTRATION & RETURNS

Employees’ Provident Fund is a social security scheme that helps employees save a small portion of their salary for future benefits.

Employees Provident Fund Organisation of India manages the Provident Funds of the employees under Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.

Once an establishment employs 20 or more people, it becomes mandatory for the organization to obtain a EPF Registration.

Documents Required for EPF Registration:

Following documents are required for filing employer registration & establishment registration under EPF:

• Name of the employer
• PAN Card of the employer
• Id proof such as driving license/passport/voter-id
• Address proof of registered office such as electricity bill/rent agreement (in case premise is rented)/registry(for owned premise)
• In case the establishment is society, trust, LLP or company, copy of Certificate of Incorporation is needed
• Partnership deed, id proof & address proof of every partner if the establishment is partnership firm
• MOA & AOA if the applicant is a private or public company

Documents of employees for allotment of UAN number:

• Aadhar card
• Pan card 
• Bank account details such as account number & IFSC Code 
• Contact number & email id 
• Date of birth as per Aadhar 
• Designation of employees 

EPF Return filing:

• Once the establishment is registered with EPFO, it shall comply with certain mandatory provisions monthly/annually as prescribed under the Act
• Monthly return is filed online through the establishment login by uploading the ECR sheet.
• Return is filed online with in 15th of succeeding month.
• ECR sheet can be downloaded through EPFO in the XML sheet that contains name & UAN of every employee registered with the establishment during the month for which return is filed.
• XML sheet shall be converted into file for uploading the same for return filing.
• Complete the return filing by making payment through online payment gateways.