Using E-sewa (screenshots and process flow)

To use E-sewa please read the following documents thoroughly:

• Frequently Asked Question about E-sewa.
• Process flow of How to register
• Process Flow of How to generate ECR and Online Challan
• User Manual of E-return Tool

The above are official documents available on www.epfindia.com.

Broadly to use E-sewa you first need to register at Employer portal (E-sewa) then download latest E-return Tool and feed monthly contribution details and generated ECR text file from the tool and finally upload the text file at E-sewa website and generate online Challan with TRRN Number and submit the same to SBI.

Generating Challans (EPFO Esewa)

Go through the following steps to generate challans.

• Register your establishment with Employer Esewa.
• Download E-return Tool ver 4.0.
• Feed in contribution details of the month of which you are going to generate return/challan.
• Generate ECR (Electronic Challan cum Return) text file from e-return tool.
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• Log into the E-sewa Employer Portal.
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• Upload the ECR text file under "ECR Upload" page and approve the same.
• Generate challan and remit to SBI Branch. You may check which SBI Branch will accept your Challan through EPFO India website.

EPFO Employer E-Sewa Registration common problem & solutions

If you are not able to register with EPFO E-sewa portal, please go through the following points.

• Is the Establilshment Code No. correct. It is of the form GJ/AHD/123456 or GJ/AHD/2345/A for an establishment remitting contribution in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Do not add zeros with Estt code, i.e. use 12345 not 0012345.
• If your Est code has extension use that digit only, i.e. for code No. 2345/A enter 2345 in Code No. and A in extension, do not use '00A'.
• If you have never applied for registration but system shows already registered you may consider sending printed request,auto generated by clicking on the ling (screenshot below), with signature of authorised (for PF) person of the Establishment to reset the details of your est code.

Please feel free to comment/ask.

EPFO Employer E-Sewa (Registration)

Go to the Employer E-Sewa page at http://esewa.epfoservices.in

Choose the State where your establishment is registered.

Enter the code no of your establishment. Note do not add Zeros '0' i.e if your code No.is 1234 it should be entered as 1234 not 0001234 the same applies to extension only if you do have extension with code no enter the character of extension do not add zeros '0', this applies to first time registration only.

Click on Get Detail and details of the Establishment should be displayed below. Verify the details.

Feed the details of the authorised person including Mobile No. (The number should be active and accessible to you to continue with registration.)

Click on GET PIN and you should receive a pin number on the mobile no you have entered.

Feed the pin and click on Register.

On the login page enter the temporary registration details to sign in.

Use the page to create your permanent Log-in detail.

After the login has been created you should receive a sms confirming the same.

Finally login with your permanent login to access the employers page.

Here are the available menus.

EPFO Launches E-sewa

EPFO has launched its new online return filing and online payment facility. More details at here.
Keep in touch for more details on how to register through the portal.