Employee Provident Fund
A scheme where employee and employer each contribute 12 percent (10 in special cases) of basic emoluments.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Public Provident FundA 15-year government-guaranteed savings account for individuals, at a rate reset quarterly, where the contribution, the interest and the maturity value are all outside tax under the old regime.
- Reverse mortgageA loan that pays a senior citizen a periodic income against a pledge of the residential property they live in, repayable from the sale of that property after death or permanent departure.
- Voluntary Provident FundAn EPF member's option to contribute more than the mandatory 12% of basic and dearness allowance into the same EPF account, up to 100% of it, with no matching contribution from the employer.
Where this is taught
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