The EPF or Employee Provident Fund plays a vital role in the financial life of an employee. It is a retirement fund that is bolstered by an equal contribution every month from the employee and their employer. Every employee, who is an EPFO member, will be provided with an online EPF member passbook. This passbook shows the total amount deposited in the PF account of the employee and the monthly contribution details of both parties.

For employees of a corporation, performing an EPF balance check has become easier. Now the employees don’t need to see the annual EPF statement shared by their employer to do their EPF balance check. 

Ways to Check your EPF Balance (Offline)

1. Send an SMS

1. Give a missed call
   

Let us look at these methods in detail.

PF Balance Check by Sending an SMS

The EPFO member can now simply send an SMS to 7738299899 to check the EPF balance and last contribution amount. The SMS must be sent in the ‘EPFOHO UAN ENG’ format. 

To elaborate, if the EPF balance UAN number is 123456, and the language of preference is English, then the SMS to be sent is “EPFOHO 123456 ENG”. Here the first three letters of the language form the language code. For English, it is ENG; for Hindi, it is HIN, and so on.

Currently, the SMS facility allows for the below languages:

1. Hindi

1. English

1. Marathi

1. Bengali

1. Gujrati

1. Punjabi

1. Kannada

1. Telugu

1. Tamil

1. Malayalam
   

Note: The SMS facility is only available if the UAN is active and linked to the bank account, Aadhar and PAN. If the UAN is not linked, then the individual needs to first complete the KYC process before sending the SMS to know the balance.

PF Balance Check Through a Missed Call

The easiest method by which an EPF member can view their EPF balance is by simply giving a missed call to “011-22901406”. But the EPFO member must fulfill the below requirements in order to use the missed call facility:

1. The EPFO member should possess an active UAN number.

1. The mobile number of the EPFO member has to be registered with the UAN, and the member can give the missed call only from the registered mobile number.

1. The UAN should be linked to other documents, such as Bank Account, Aadhaar, and PAN.
   

How one can check their PF Balance without using a UAN?

Even if you don’t recall your UAN, you may quickly verify your EPF balance. You may check the balance by dialing 011-229014016 from your linked mobile phone. You are not necessarily to supply the UAN code in this circumstance or you can check it on their website by following the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Access the EPFO webpage at epfindia.gov.in.
Step 2: Select “Click Or tap here to see Your EPF Balance”.
Step 3: You’ll be sent to epfoservices.in/epfo. Select “Member Balance Information” from the drop-down menu.
Step 4: Choose your state and then click on the EPFO office link.
Step 5: Input your PF Account Number, name, and verified mobile phone number.
Step 6: Click “Submit” and your PF balance will be revealed.

 

 

Created & Posted by Pooja

Income Tax Expert at TAXAJ

 

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