Three EPF amnesty windows opened on 29 June 2026. Answer three questions and find which one covers your establishment, before 31 October.

Three amnesties, three deadlines, three sets of exclusions — and an employer can be in all three at once. Find your door before the nearest one shuts on 31 October.

v2.1 — flags compulsory cover from the new EPF ceiling.

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EPF Amnesty 2026 — Three-Window Route Resolver

by CA Karan Gupta

Three amnesties, three deadlines, three sets of exclusions — and an employer can be in all three at once. Find your door before the nearest one shuts on 31 October.

Last statutory update: 29 Sept 2026 — v2.1 — flags compulsory cover from the new EPF ceiling.

Read the note: EPF Enrolment Campaign 2026: what to declare before 31 October

Statutory context

Three amnesties under the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 2026 (notified 29 June 2026). EEC closes 31 October 2026; VISHWAS and AMNESTY close 28 December 2026. Worker-by-worker EEC eligibility with silent exclusions; VISHWAS recomputes s.14B / s.128 damages against paragraph 32A with both regimes capped at 100% of arrears; AMNESTY Category I/II with what Category I does not protect. Confirm the live EPFO circular before you apply.

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