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EPF corpus stays tax free after five continuous years
Livemint··26 Jul
Employees' Provident Fund withdrawals can remain tax free after five years of continuous service under current rules explained this week. Early withdrawals generally become taxable except for specified reasons such as serious illness or employer closure. Tax deducted at source applies in defined cases, so salaried workers must track tenure and withdrawal reason before moving long-term retirement savings.
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What It Means For You
- Completing five years of continuous service helps keep EPF withdrawals tax free.
- Early exits for non-exempt reasons can trigger tax and TDS on your corpus.
- Job changes mid-career may reset or complicate the continuous service clock.
What's Happening
- Livemint explained when EPF withdrawals are tax free versus taxable.
- Five years of continuous service is the main threshold for tax-free corpus.
- Illness and employer closure count among exceptions to early withdrawal tax.
EPF Rules and Retirement Planning
- EPF remains a primary retirement vehicle for formal sector salaried workers in India.
- Tax treatment changes have pushed employees to read withdrawal rules more carefully.
- TDS on provident fund exits requires annual tax filing reconciliation for many workers.
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