{"id":32646,"date":"2018-01-05T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=32646"},"modified":"2019-12-03T10:16:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T02:16:07","slug":"epf-revert-11-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/epf-revert-11-percent","title":{"rendered":"Employee Contributes 11% To EPF Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve opted to reduce your employee contribution to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/epf-contribution-rate-2016-8-or-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8% back in March 2016<\/a>, your contribution will effectively revert to 11% for January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The reduced rate has ended as of December 2017 salary cycle, which is the January 2017 contribution, said EPF in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>After the announcement of the reduction by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak during the Budget 2016 recalibration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/half-of-epf-members-choose-to-contribute-only-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50% of members<\/a> opted to reduce their contribution rate to 8%.<\/p>\n<p>The statutory contribution rate for employees\u2019 share will revert to the original 11% for members below age 60, and 5.5% for those aged 60 and above.<\/p>\n<p>Employers are required to ensure the right amount of contributions are deducted from their employees\u2019 salary and remitted to the EPF according to the new contribution rates. 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