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Executives of at least ten prominent foreign airlines including British Airways, Etihad, Thai Airways and Qatar Airways been questioned by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) over allegations of tax evasion which have run into hundreds of crores of rupees, TOI reported on Sunday...
The DGGI has questioned these executives over allegations of these carriers booking expenditure related to their India operations with their overseas head offices in the last month...
Citing sources, TOI reported that the DGGI has requested documentation from these airlines covering every expense incurred by the international carriers for their operations in India..
For the first time, Indian authorities have requested that international airlines report all of their expenses relating to India and pay taxes for services provided here under the new GST regime..
At least six international airlines had their India offices searched by DGGI in October in an effort to determine their tax obligations..
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