How to get form 16 and close previous epf accounts.

Hi,

Some employers provide form 16 even if no tax is deducted. You can check with your employer.

For closing previous UAN number, connect with your employer or any PF professional.

Dear Sir,

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-You can download the form 26AS through online portal. It contains the all details like TDS deduction, year of deduction, employer name etc.

-In case you have been allotted two UANs, you can get one of them deactivated (generally, the previous one). There are two methods to get the UAN deactivated and your EPF account transferred as per the EPFO website. Enlisted below are the two methods:

Method 1

• Report the issue to your employer or EPFO as soon as you come to know about it.
• You can send an email to [deleted] mentioning your current and previous UAN.
• EPFO will conduct verification for the issue.
• Your previous UAN will be blocked and your current UAN will be kept active.
• Now submit a claim to transfer the EPF account (linked with the blocked UAN) to the new active account.

• Members have to apply for the transfer of old EPF to the new one.
• In cases, where one of the two EPF accounts of the same employee having different UANs has to be transferred, EPFO’s system identifies both the accounts automatically.
• This identification takes place on a periodic basis.
• After proper identification, old UANs from which EPF transfer has been processed to a new EPF account having different UAN, are deactivated by EPFO.
• Thus, these old UANs are blocked automatically. The employee’s previous member ID is linked to the current UAN.
• The deactivation status is intimated to the employee through an SMS.
• In case the employee has not activated his new UAN, he will be requested to activate it to get the updated status of the account.
• There might be instances where the employee has to receive PF arrears from the previous employer.
• Here, the system auto-populates the new UAN number in the ECR.
• In such cases, the arrear is received in the new PF account linked with the new UAN.

Hello Sir/Madam 

if your TDS is not deducted then plz check your form 26AS , if your salary amounts shown there then you can demand Form 16 (traces generated)from  your employer 

No you can't get the form 16 now if you name was not mentioned at the time of filing TDS return. There are no issues you can file return without form 16 also.

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- Unless any TDS was deducted on your account, Form 16 will not be generated.

- To close UAN numbers, you need to contact the employer of particular UAN number as they have the admin rights to create it and delete it.

Hi

Check Form 26AS,if its reflecting there,then you can ask for Form 16 or even you can file return on 26 AS amount basis.No need for form 16.

You can get in touch with previous employers,under whom the UAN in created.They can close it.

Hope it helps

It is employer responsibility to issue form 16. As this taxes are not deducted you should pay the tax on your income as self assessment tax and file return.  The employer may get an notice for non deduction of taxes subsequently.  He would have a interest exposure once you pay your taxes.

You should merge the UAN. This can be done ONLINE using OTCP portal of EPFO.

Hello,

Form 16 won't be generated if TDS has not been deducted. Check Form 26AS.

To close previous issued UAN get in touch with your previous employer.
I hope this answer satisfies your requirement.

Regards,

CA Hunny Badlani