--- title: New minimum employee EPF contribution rate starting from July 2022 description: From the 2022 budget, the government help to increase money in the hands of the people, thus the EPF reduced and extend the period of the EPF minimum contribution rate from 11% to 9% until June 2022. --- [Skip to content](https://help.swingvy.com/knowledge/new-employee-epf-rate-starting-july-2022#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Submit a request](https://help.swingvy.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![Swingvy logo.svg](https://help.swingvy.com/hubfs/Frame%20927-3.svg)](https://help.swingvy.com/?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Submit a request](https://help.swingvy.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Swingvy website](https://www.swingvy.com/) [Swingvy website](https://www.swingvy.com/) Hello, how can we help you? 😊 - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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As an employer, you have two options: #### Option 1 - Employees who choose to follow the new minimum contribution rate of 11% - Swingvy will auto-adjust the employee default contribution rate to 11% starting from July 2022   ![EPF 11%](https://help.swingvy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EPF%2011%25.png?width=688&name=EPF%2011%25.png) - For employees who previously had an additional EPF rate on top of the 9% contribution, Swingvy will zeroise the amount and the total rate will appear as 11% starting July 2022   ![EPF Additional 0%](https://help.swingvy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EPF%20Additional%200%25.png?width=688&name=EPF%20Additional%200%25.png) - Admin will need to process the payroll as usual and no amendment is needed #### Option 2 - Employees who choose to contribute more than the minimum employee contribution rate (more than 11%) - For those employees who wish to contribute more than the minimum contribution rate (more than 11%), contact KWSP and fill in the form needed and update in the employee profile starting July 2022 1. Contact KWSP 2. Fill up the form 3. Update in the KWSP employer i-Account 4. Update in the employee profile in Swingvy ### Update employee EPF contribution rate in Swingvy #### Update employee EPF contribution rate in the employee profile individually Go to Payroll \> People \> Select employee \> Bank & statutory \> Edit & Save  ![Additional rate](https://help.swingvy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Additional%20rate.png?width=688&name=Additional%20rate.png) #### Update employee EPF contribution rate in using bulk upload Go to **Payroll** \> **Settings** \> **Company settings** \> **Employee information bulk upload** \> **Download** \> **Bank & statutory** \> **Edit** & **Save**  ![EPF Bulk Upload](https://help.swingvy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EPF%20Bulk%20Upload.png?width=688&name=EPF%20Bulk%20Upload.png)   Once amendment is completed, go to **Payroll** \> **Settings** \> **Company settings** \> **Employee information bulk upload** \> **Upload**   **Note:** 1\. Kindly check the total employee contribution rate before proceed with the payroll processing for July 2022 to ensure zero error on the statutory contribution. 2\. For employees who previously had an additional EPF rate on top of the 9% contribution, Swingvy will zeroise the amount and it will appear as 11% starting July 2022. 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