GST API Sandbox

GST (Goods and Service tax) is one of the landmark change in indirect taxation in India and once it goes live in 2017, it will impact the way business is conducted in India. As per current details, GST is going to replace Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Central Sales Tax, Service Tax, State VAT, Luxury Tax and many more. To handle such a far reaching system, a great technical infrastructure is required.

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EPF India - Complete Guide to EPFO and EPF in India

India is one of the fastest growing major economy in the world. Key factors behind this growth are - a big pool of working-age population; rising education and engineering skill levels; and a rapidly growing middle class. However, the downside of having a massive population of more than 121 crores is that India continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition, and inadequate ...

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Penny Stocks India - investing in Penny stocks in India

Penny stocks in India are still not that prevalent, but are available. They remain a risky proposition, but lot of people sell and buy these stocks hoping to make a quick fortune.

What are Penny Stocks India

Penny stocks in India are the stocks of listed companies in India (NSE or BSE) that is trading at very low prices - say below Rs 10 or 20.

Penny stocks in India can be a good ...

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PF Form 19

Form 19 is the form you need to submit for withdrawal of your EPF amount. EPF (Employee Provident Fund) is a corpus fund managed and operated by EPFO (Employee Provident Fund Organization). A part of your salary is deducted and added to your EPF account every month. In addition, the employer also contributes the same amount in your PF account.

EPF interest rate has been in the range of 8-10% in...

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LIC Premium Discount for Online Premium Payment

LIC (life insurance Corporation of India) is the india's biggest insurance provider. Due to demonitisation on Nov 8, 2016 and resulting cash crunch, people have faced difficulty in paying online premium. To help alleviate that, LIC allowed delayed premium payment. Later, to promote online payments, government has declared discounts for lic premium for lic online payments

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UAN EPF Aadhaar Card - Mandatory Linking by EPFO

In early Jan 2017, EPFO (Employee Provident Fund Organization) has come up with new rule mandating the Aadhaar (Aadhar) Card linking for all EPF India members and pensioners by end of Jan 2017 with their UAN.

At this moment, there is not much clarity about the exact procedure to link the EPF UAN with Aadhdar number. For example, can members do it online themselves on UAN Member Portal or they need to compulsory go through their employers. We will update this article once the clarity emerges.

For EPF members, it is recommended to apply for Aadhar card as soon as possible if you don't have one.

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LIC Online Payment - Pay LIC Premium Online

LIC (Life insurance corporation of India) is India's main insurance provider. It is public company owned by government and hence have a strong trust image in the minds of people. To give you an idea of scale, it sells more than 300 lakh policies every year. With demonitisation, more and more people are paying their policy premium online and looking for instructions on how to do it.

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EPF Employer login for EPFO Employers and Establishments

EPF employers need to login regularly to file ECR returns and pay their EPF dues by 15th of every month. So if you are a company providing EPF (Employee Provident Fund) service to your employees, here is a quick guide on how to register and login to EPF employer portal.

EPF India is managed by [Employee Provident Fund Organization...

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EPF Mobile App (m-epf) - Guide on App Download and Use

EPF is one of the largest social security scheme provided by government of India. It is managed by a government organization called Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). All EPF members and their employers need to access various services of EPFO like EPF Balance Check, Passbook Download, etc. To make lives easy for its members, EPFO has launched a mobile app called m-ep which can be ...

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BHIM App for iOS - how to download and install

Narendera Modi has launched BHIM App on Dec 30, 2016 as an initiative to provide fast, and reliable cashless payment through mobiles. BHIM app name is based Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and it the acronym stands for Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM).

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