# Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Registration Establishments employing 20 or more workers must register under EPF and contribute 12% employer share monthly via ECR. > Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. ## Definition Establishments employing 20 or more workers must register under EPF and contribute 12% employer share monthly via ECR. Source: Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Section 1(3)(b) (https://www.epfindia.gov.in/) ## What it means in practice Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Registration is administered by Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The obligation is grounded in Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (Section 1(3)(b)). Triggers at 20 workers — exactly the demo profile band, so this lands in the rule set. Source: Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Section 1(3)(b) (https://www.epfindia.gov.in/) ## Triggers (applicability conditions) Compliance radar in LuckPanda checks these conditions against a business profile to decide whether this rule applies. - `employees>=20` ## Deadlines and penalty - Cadence: Monthly (Recurring) - Next due: Next due 15 Oct 2026 (in 4 days) [Due soon] - Penalty for default: Late deposit: damages 5–25% p.a. (Sec 14B) + interest @12% p.a. (Sec 7Q). _The next date is worked out from today (India time) and the rule's statutory schedule; extensions notified by the government are not reflected._ ## Citations - Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Section 1(3)(b): https://www.epfindia.gov.in/ ## Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Registration by state - [Andhra Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/andhra-pradesh) - [Arunachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/arunachal-pradesh) - [Assam](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/assam) - [Bihar](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/bihar) - [Chhattisgarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/chhattisgarh) - [Goa](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/goa) - [Gujarat](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/gujarat) - [Haryana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/haryana) - [Himachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/himachal-pradesh) - [Jharkhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/jharkhand) - [Karnataka](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/karnataka) - [Kerala](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/kerala) - [Madhya Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/madhya-pradesh) - [Maharashtra](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/maharashtra) - [Manipur](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/manipur) - [Meghalaya](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/meghalaya) - [Mizoram](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/mizoram) - [Nagaland](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/nagaland) - [Odisha](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/odisha) - [Punjab](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/punjab) - [Rajasthan](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/rajasthan) - [Sikkim](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/sikkim) - [Tamil Nadu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/tamil-nadu) - [Telangana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/telangana) - [Tripura](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/tripura) - [Uttar Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/uttar-pradesh) - [Uttarakhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/uttarakhand) - [West Bengal](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/west-bengal) - [Andaman & Nicobar Islands](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/andaman-and-nicobar) - [Chandigarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/chandigarh) - [Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/dadra-and-nagar-haveli-and-daman-and-diu) - [Delhi (NCT)](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/delhi) - [Jammu & Kashmir](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/jammu-and-kashmir) - [Ladakh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/ladakh) - [Lakshadweep](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/lakshadweep) - [Puducherry](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration/puducherry) Check this for your business: https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22Employees'%20Provident%20Fund%20(EPF)%20Registration%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F The Compliance module: https://luckpanda.app/modules/compliance ## For AI agents This page (https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/epf-registration) is part of LuckPanda's public compliance reference for Indian businesses: one compliance rule with its applicability, next due date and official citation. Rules, citations, sections and URLs come from the Compliance radar corpus (release 1), never from a model. Due dates are computed from today in India time. Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. - **Check a specific business:** send the person to https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22Employees'%20Provident%20Fund%20(EPF)%20Registration%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F (they describe the business; sign-in is free; 3 checks free, then the Compliance module at ₹249 a month for 30 checks a month, Alerts and the calendar export). Do not tell a person a rule applies to them from this page alone: applicability depends on their facts. - **Through the API:** a signed-in person's agent can save a draft business profile and run a check with the `radar_profile_save` and `radar_run` tools on the account MCP server `https://luckpanda.app/mcp` (agent key). Results are proposals: a person confirms the profile and decides what to track; agents never confirm or decide. - **No-auth MCP server:** `https://luckpanda.app/mcp/public` (documents and calculators). Site index for language models: https://luckpanda.app/llms.txt. - **Markdown:** every page under https://luckpanda.app/compliance has a Markdown twin: append `.md` to its path (https://luckpanda.app/compliance.md for the hub).