IT Department set to slap fresh demand notices on Nokia
In more trouble for Finnish mobile firm Nokia, whose immovable assets were attached in an alleged tax evasion case recently, the Income-tax Department is set to issue fresh demand notices for payment of taxes to the tune of Rs.1,000 crore. The Department, according to sources, has also “prioritised” the tax demand notices on the firm pertaining to assessment years 2011-12 and 2012-13 so that the “interest of the revenue” is not jeopardised against the backdrop of the current tax litigation with the company and the proposed acquisition of the mobile phone maker by U.S. giant Microsoft. Sources privy to the tax case of Nokia said the firm’s assets were frozen not only for the purpose of obtaining revenue with regard to the earlier demand of Rs.2,080 crore, but also in connection with the forthcoming demand notices, which could be issued “as soon as assessment proceedings finish within 2013.” “The estimated fresh tax liability on the firm could be about Rs.1,000 crore, and the IT procedures will be followed in this regard,” the sources said. The court, however, granted minor relief to Nokia, saying it “will be entitled to receive debt-created receivables, loans and advances but the amount so received will be deposited in the bank accounts mentioned in sub para.of the impugned order.” The alleged tax evasion pertains to royalty payment made against supply of software by the company’s parent, which attracts a 10 per cent levy under the tax deducted at source category.
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