PROVIDENT FUND DEPOSITS
Provident Fund Deposits
Provident fund deposits are in two types.
a) Public Provident Fund (PPF)
b) Employees Provident Fund (EPF)
a) Public
Provident Fund
It is a classic example for the attempt of the government to
help people create savings for themselves. The Government of India put forward
the public Provident fund scheme to
ensure that everyone could have some funds available in their old age. the
minimum investment amount in public proud and fund is rupees 500 that year
while the upper limit is rupees 7000 that air and investor can make up to 12
deposits in his public Provident fund
account every year. A lot of incentives like tax deduction 0 tax on interest
etc are provided in public Provident fund scheme. Interest rate offered in PPF
is 8 percentage per annum.
Advantages and disadvantages of public provident fund scheme
Advantages
- Reduce the tax liability of the investor
- The investor can make multiple deposits during a year
- Maturity value is huge in public provident fund.
- Tax free.
Disadvantages
- Log in period of 15 years.
- Interest rate may be change every year according to the government decision.
b) Employees
Provident fund
It is almost a replica of the public Provident fund concept
except that is a valuable only to salaried employees. Public provident fund is available To any Indian citizen and it
is voluntary but employees provident fund is compulsory if the investor is an employee.
Advantages and disadvantages of Employees Provident Fund
Advantages
- EPF contribution is tax deductible under section 80 C.
- The employer will open a PF account for the employee.
- The time of switching the joke job the present EPF can be transferred to the next employer.
Disadvantages
- Withdrawal of EPF is not possible during the working period.
- Not a liquid investment from the point of the investor.
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