Apr 21

Employee Provident Fund (EPF) Form 11

Team Antworks

Form 11

Every employee needs to submit a declaration when he/she takes up new employment in an organization which is registered under the EPF Scheme of 1952. This form contains basic information regarding an employee and it is mandatory for an employee to fill it upon joining an organization. An employee, through this form, can choose whether he/she would like to be a part of the Provident Fund structure in the current place of work. Employees with a salary above Rs 6,500 per month or those who have withdrawn their previous provident fund amount can decide whether or not they want to be part of EPFO scheme at their workplace.

Table 1. Overview about EPF Form 11
Form Name	EPF Form 11
Provided by	EPFO
Services	Provident Fund(PF)
Submitted for	Basic information of Employee
Mandatory	Yes
Eligibilty	above Rs 6,500 per month
Due Date	25th of the month.
Importance for	Employee and Employer
Benefits for	Helps employers keep track of new employees

Contents of Form 11

The revised structure of EPF Form 11 requires employees to fill in the following information.

Name of employee
Date of Birth of employee
Father’s/Husband’s name
Gender
Mobile number
Email ID
Relationship of employee with Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme and Employees’ Pension scheme whether he/she was a member of these schemes
Previous employment details, including UAN , last working day and scheme certificate number
Educational credentials
Marital status
KYC details including bank account number, Driving license/election card, etc.
If an employee is a foreigner, then passport number is required

An employer is also expected to provide a declaration stating certain facts regarding the information provided by an employee. This declaration contains the following details.