Overpaid PF Contributions: How Can an Organization Recover Extra Payments?

Hello all, I have a query on PF contribution. If an organization has paid the PF contribution as per the challans made by the vendor and later this organization finds out that they have been paying extra money to PF, what can the organization do to recover the extra paid amount?

Recovery may not be possible, but you can adjust the said amount on forthcoming challans. Please submit the letter to PF officials in this regard.

If the discrepancy is noticed as a shortfall, naturally, they will initiate an enquiry and send you a notice under Section 7A of the EPF & MP Act. When the establishment has found discrepancies, they should also be given an opportunity, right?

Therefore, you have to write to the PF Enforcement Officer/Asst PF Commissioner and seek permission to address the issue in a personal hearing. You can also directly meet the Accounts Officer with this letter to reconcile the payments and fix it. Please note that the EPFO's offices treat the employers and the members very poorly nowadays, and there will be many hurdles before you can get an opportunity to meet an officer. But since the issue is important to us, we need to compromise a lot.