Employees who are joining PF for the first time ![]() Given that PF remittance cannot be carried out without the UAN, employers need to record the UAN of an employee as soon as they join the organization.Ī. Generate/record UAN at the time of employee onboarding Given that UAN was required only for withdrawal and transfer of PF, many employers have not been showing any urgency with regard to completing UAN formalities at the time of an employee joining the organization. Also, despite the PF Department’s repeated insistence, many employers have not been completing the formalities related to UAN – not assigning UAN to employees and not completing the KYC formalities for employees. However, employers have been using the PF number as the unique identifier for PF remittance since PF-ECR has not required UAN for remittance until now. The PF Department introduced the system of UAN for each member in 2014. The PF department calls the new ECR version “ECR 2.0”. ![]() ![]() The process of using the PF number as the identifier has been done away with. From now on, the Universal Account Number (UAN) shall be the unique identifier for PF remittance, transfer and withdrawal. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization has made significant changes to the processes related to generation of the Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR) file. ![]() PF Electronic Challan cum Return (Version 2.0)
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