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The monthly return file uploaded to the EPFO portal, carrying each member's wages and contributions for the month. It should be produced by the payroll run that computed those contributions rather than assembled separately.
The ECR is the monthly file payroll uploads to the EPFO portal after salaries are processed. It lists each member's UAN, gross wages, EPF wages, EPS wages, EDLI wages and the contribution amounts, and once accepted it generates the challan that is paid online.
In a typical month, payroll closes salaries, exports the ECR, validates it on the portal and pays the challan before the 15th of the following month. For example, a member with basic of ₹25,000 and PF paid on the ₹15,000 ceiling shows EPF wages of ₹15,000 and an employee share of ₹1,800.
Common errors include a new joiner without a UAN, a leaver still included after their exit date, and EPS wages entered for a member who is not eligible for pension. Checking the ECR totals against the payroll register before upload saves a revised return later. HRMagix's payroll pages describe generating PF returns from the monthly run.
Electronic Challan cum Return: the monthly return file uploaded to the EPFO portal.
Each member's wages and contributions for the month.
Monthly.
To the EPFO portal.
Ideally the payroll run that computed the contributions, rather than a separately assembled file.
A separately assembled file can drift from the contributions payroll actually computed.
The PF wage, basic plus DA subject to the ₹15,000 ceiling where the employer applies it, on which contributions are computed.
Each member is identified in it, and UAN is one of the identifiers that must be correct before the first payroll run.
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