An employee participating in EPF has rendered continuous service for five or more years; Or, if before 5 years, the employee’s service has been discontinued on grounds of ill-health, or by contraction or discontinuance of employer’s business or other causes beyond the control of the employee. In other circumstances, the accumulated balance withdrawn within five years of continuous service is considered as taxable income. During the Covid-19 pandemic, many employees lost their jobs due to business uncertainties. The following illustration brings out the taxability of EPF withdrawal in d...