Question 1

What makes EPF Buddy different?

Accepted Answer

Our consumer practice has resolved 1,100+ stuck EPF cases, and every one of them began as an employer's filing done wrong. We run employer compliance with that hindsight: records set up the way the person untangling them ten years later wishes they had been, and filings checked against how they fail, not just whether the portal accepts them.

Question 2

How do you charge for compliance services?

Accepted Answer

Fees are scoped to your engagement, headcount, states, and the services in scope, and agreed in full before any work begins. Registrations are one-time engagements; ongoing compliance runs as a monthly retainer. The scope defines the fee, and an agreed fee does not move mid-engagement.

Question 3

What happens after I contact you?

Accepted Answer

Our team calls you back to understand your headcount, states and what you need. If there is work to do, we tell you exactly what and discuss charges transparently before anything begins. If there is not, we say so.

Question 4

Can you take over compliance if we have gaps from previous years?

Accepted Answer

Yes, that is the normal case. We quantify the backlog, regularise it in order of risk, and then keep it clean. Voluntary regularisation before a notice is consistently cheaper than remediation after one, in both penalties and management attention.

Question 5

Do you handle notices from EPFO, ESIC or the labour department?

Accepted Answer

Yes, end-to-end, as standalone engagements or within a retainer. Our consumer practice has spent years reading these departments' notices from the other side; we know what each one is actually asking for, and that diagnosis comes before any reply is drafted.

Question 6

What statutory compliances apply to my company as it grows?

Accepted Answer

From day one: Shop & Establishment registration, Professional Tax (in levying states), minimum wages, and a POSH policy. At 10 employees: ESIC, a POSH Internal Committee, and gratuity applicability. At 20: EPF, and CLRA if you engage contract labour. Each threshold carries a registration deadline, and missing one creates backdated liability from the crossing date, not the discovery date.

Question 7

What are the monthly compliance due dates for employers in India?

Accepted Answer

The spine: TDS on salaries by the 7th; EPF contribution with ECR filing by the 15th; ESIC contribution by the 15th; Professional Tax returns per your state's cycle; LWF on its state calendar (monthly, half-yearly or annual). Annual items, the POSH report, S&E renewals, bonus and gratuity obligations, sit around it.

Question 8

What is the penalty if PF is deposited late?

Accepted Answer

Interest at 12% per annum under Section 7Q plus damages at a flat 1% of arrears per month under Section 14B, uncapped, under the regime effective 14 June 2024. Where employee share was deducted but not deposited, prosecution provisions with minimum imprisonment terms apply. It is the single most expensive deadline on the calendar to miss.

Compliance that doesn’t go wrong.

What the law expects at your headcount.

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EPF & ESIC Registration

Professional Tax (PT) Registration

Labour Welfare Fund (LWF) Registration

Shop & Establishment Registration

CLRA Registration & Licensing

BOCW Registration

Stay compliant, every month.

Statutory Compliance Services

POSH Compliance Services

Labour Law Compliance Services

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