Govt notice to Vodafone on tax default

The fresh notice comes after the Supreme Court dismissed the company’s application questioning the tax department’s jurisdiction over a Dutch company.

The tax department asked Vodafone to show cause as to why action should not be taken against it for the “default of non-deduction of tax at source from the payment of US$11.2 billion made on May 8, 2007 to Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd for transfer of interest in Indian company Hutch-Essar Ltd.”