Electronic Return cum Challan (ECRI)

Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has introduced Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR) facility to provide greater transparency and better quality of services. The ECR facility is available from April, 2012. All Employers who are covered under the Employees Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 are required to register their establishments on EPFO website for filing the Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR) for wage month of March 2012 (payable in April 2012) onward. The registration process has already started from 20 March, 2012. The Electronic Challan curn Return (ECR) is an electronic monthly return that has to be uploaded by the employers by login to the Employer e-Sewa Portal using the permanent user id and password created during the process of registration of their Establishment. The process of rgistration of an establishment (with Screen Shots), the format of the ECR, The complete process flow for the submission of the ECR and remittance has been explained through screen shots document and has been made available on the Employer e-Sewa Portal and available on the website www.epfindia.com).

The Employer should available at the time of registration with establishment no, establishments PANCARD, MOBILE No. Benefits: 1. The employers need not file any paper return from the month of Wage Month March 2012. 2. The employers will not be required to file the various monthly and annual returns. 3. The ECR will be linked with the remittance and only such ECR will reach the field offices where remittance is received. This will help in auto updation of the members balances once the remittance of the challan is confirmed in the bank statement. 4. Form 23 for the years 2010-11 onward in electfonic format will be made available to the employers through the portal. 5. The employers will be send SMS alerts at various events during the process of ECR filing and confirmation of remittance. 6. No need to submit other returns viz Form 511 011 2A, 3A and 6A. 7. Employers will get the confirmation of payment through SMS instantly.

8. The contribution will be credited to the members account on monthly basis. 9. Employers can view the annual accounts slip for accounting year 2011-12 online. 10. For earlier years employers can request for the annual slips through this portal.

EPF MEMBERS PASSBOOK

Register online to view your EPF Account Passbook available on the website (www.epfindia.com). The facility at present is only for the members for whom the Employer has uploaded the Electronic Challan Cum Return for the wage mnnth of May 2012 onwards. There is no need to create and remember any user id and password. You have to use your mobile number and any of your following identification proof number such as PAN, AADHAR, NPR (National Population Register), Bank Account, Voter ID, Passport or Driving License to register and thereafter to login. You can add multiple id numbers (one id against each of the listed types) and any one along with the mobile number can be used for the login.

Note: One mobile number can be used for one registration only. A registered member can view only one account details under one establishment. In case you are having more than one account under one establishment, please apply for transfer through the Form 13. One member can view up to a maximum of 10 accounts under different establishments. The 10 accounts can be viewed any number of times. Get your old accounts transferred to the current one by using the Transfer Form 13. Facility to display the accounts of inoperative accounts will be provided later through a request mode. The facility is not for the current members of establishments having exemption under the EPF Scheme 1952.