Karnataka Authorities Have Withdrawn GST Notice: Infosys
News 18A day after it received Rs 32,403 crore GST demand, Infosys on Thursday said Karnataka state authorities have withdrawn the ‘pre-show cause’ notice to the company and directed it to submit further response to the Directorate General of GST Intelligence on the issue. In a late evening filing on Thursday, Infosys informed: “The company has received a communication from Karnataka State authorities, withdrawing the pre-show cause notice and has directed the company to submit further response to DGGI central authority on this matter.” The Bengaluru-headquartered firm on Wednesday disclosed that Karnataka State GST authorities had issued a pre-show cause notice for payment of GST of Rs 32,403 crore for the period July 2017 to March 2022 towards the expenses incurred by overseas branch offices of Infosys Limited, and added that the company has responded to the notice. “…the Company has also received a pre-show cause notice from Director General of GST Intelligence on the same matter and the Company is in the process of responding to the same,” Infosys had said in the statutory filing on Wednesday. In a detailed statement issued a day after Infosys’ BSE filing on GST ‘pre-show cause’ notice, Nasscom asserted that government circulars issued based on recommendations of the GST Council must be honoured in enforcement mechanisms so that notices do not create uncertainty and negatively impact perceptions on India’s ease of doing business.