Budget 2016: Fm Arun Jaitley Rolls Back Proposal To Tax Epf

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Budget 2016: FM Arun Jaitley rolls back proposal to tax EPF 
 

NEW DELHI: Facing a strong backlash from salaried tax payers over its proposal to tax withdrawal from EPF, the government has decided to roll back the budget proposal that sought to create a pensioned society by discouraging full withdrawal. 

"In view of the representation received, the government would like to do a comprehensive review of this proposal and therefore I withdraw this proposal," finance minister Arun Jaitley said in a statement in the Lok Sabha. 
 

The 40% rebate proposed for the NPS will however continue. NPS is at present fully taxed on withdrawal. This is a relief for NPS subscribers. 

The proposal had come under fired from all quarters and government ministers have been flooded on social media to withdraw the proposed tax. 

A day after the budget government had even issued a statement clarifying the intent behind the proposal and its intent and its limited impact, but the criticism continued prompting the government to to withdraw the tax.

 

There is at present no tax on withdrawal from employee provident funds and other superannuation funds. In the recent budget, the government has proposed that withdrawal in excess of 40% of the accumulated corpus will be taxed. 

FM said idea behind the proposal was not to raise revenues but to achieve the policy objective of creating a pensioned society. 

He many suggestions had been received how this could be achieved without imposing the tax. 
 

The prime minister's office had also been in favour of the withdrawal that had dominated the post budget debate. 

The statement did not say anything about the Rs 1.5 lakh per annum limit on employer contribution to provident fund, implying that this proposal stays. 
 

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