EPF advance: Check how much money you can withdraw from your PF account
Live MintThe Employees' Provident Fund Organisation allows subscribers to take advance from their provident fund accumulations in certain cases. An EPFO subscriber can take non-refundable PF advances during the service period for various purposes such as illness, marriage, education and purchase of house. An employee can withdraw upto 90% of total PF balance within one year before retirement, advance on unemployment upto 75% of total PF balance, etc. The EPFO allows only one such withdrawal, and the amount allowed for such a withdrawal is limited to the least of 36 months of basic wage along with dearness allowance, or the total of employee and employer shares with interest, or the total cost of the house, according to the provident fund body's portal. Retirement: An EPFO member can withdraw up to 90 per cent of his EPF amount at any time after attainment of the age of 54 years or within one year before his actual retirement on superannuation, whichever is later.