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Supreme Court admits tax appeal against Vodafone

To decide whether capital gains on surrender of call options are taxable

Vodafone has not paid 'a naya paisa' of tax demand: Rajan

Wading into the Vodafone tax dispute debate, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today said the British telecom giant has not paid "a single naya paisa" as yet on the demands made on it, but this case always comes in when India talks about creating a predictable tax regime. In an interaction here at Chicago Booth School, Rajan said India is making serious efforts to become "a more friendly place to do business" and putting in place a predictable tax regime is part of those efforts. "One of the things that we have been working hard on is creating a predictable tax structure. But every time we talk about taxes, we get Vodafone sort of flung-back at us. "Remember Vodafone has yet to pay a single naya paisa on the demands that were levied on it. That's going on. We have a structure of how this is decided and the government has said repeatedly we can't subvert that structure for a specific case. "But going forward, we will try and make tax regime as transparent and as .

Vodafone to give 4G in 4 more circles

Country's largest telco calling its 4G rollout SuperNet 4G a combination of high-speed broadband access and content

Vodafone plans to roll out 4G in Delhi-NCR in 6-8 weeks

Vodafone has also invested more than Rs 1,000 crore to upgrade its network - Vodafone Supernet - with more than 10 million subscribers in the region

Vodafone challenges special audit order: HC seeks IT reply

The company has challenged the department's order directing special audit of its accounts for the assessment year 2012-13

Voda woos youth with prepaid data

The company is offering free music downloads, data credit and attractive voice tariffs for three buddies on the Vodafone network

Vodafone picks Kotak, UBS, ICICI for $2 bn share sale

Also picks ICICI Securities, HSBC and Deutsche Bank as joint book-runners

Vodafone gears up for Rs 16,500-cr IPO, names bankers

It is expected to be a combination of offer-for-sale and issuance of fresh equity

Vodafone picks BofA, Kotak, UBS, other banks for $2.5 bn IPO

At the upper end, Vodafone would make it India's biggest stock market listing since state-owned Coal India Ltd raised $3.5 bn in 2010

Vodafone invites banks to pitch for $2.5-billion IPO

The listing of Vodafone's Indian unit is expected to raise between $2 bn and $2.5 bn

Vodafone brings the past forward

Many brands are tapping into visuals, sounds and mascots of the past to ensure stickiness in a competitive landscape. But is it working?

I-T to challenge HC verdict in Vodafone transfer pricing case

Special leave petitions will be filed before Supreme Court against the order of Bombay HC

Vodafone moves international court

The company seeks appointment of a judge to preside over Rs 14,200-crore tax case

No reply to I-T notice would be at own risk: HC to Vodafone

The court adjourned the matter to Wednesday but made it clear it would not grant the company any time on the next date to file its response to the notice of the I-T dept

Letters: Olive branch to MNCs

The government has extended an olive branch by waiving penalty and interest to multinationals like Vodafone and Cairn for one-time settlement of tax disputes arising out of retrospective law, but one isn't sure if the companies will accept it.Revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia's assertion that the government can't do away with the retrospective law, which was brought in by the United Progressive Alliance government, speaks of its political implications. Undoing the law, though legally permissible, would mean foregoing demands running into thousands of crores of rupees in tax component alone. It would be a political hot potato uniting the Opposition to sharpen knives against the ruling dispensation for what would be perhaps rightly seen as the government's willingness to be arm-twisted by the handful of powerful multinationals on the pretext of creating an environment for facilitating foreign investments. Also, what is equally intriguing is the absence of any legal challenge to the law by

Tax demand on Vodafone, Cairn cannot be disputed: CBDT

As long as retrospective amendment remains valid, demand of tax against the companies remains valid, said CBDT Chairman

I-T Act does not provide for arbitration on tax matters: Amar Gahlot

Notices can be issued by tax authorities for various reasons. One such reason can be to effect recovery. This is what Vodafone is facing lately, even when the matter is before arbitration. The moot question, hence, would be - can the department issue a recovery notice, when the dispute is pending before an arbitration panel? The legal answer to this would be a certain 'yes'.Once a tax has been determined by revenue authorities as 'payable', it can be recovered, even coercively. The pendency of the case, even before the high court or Supreme Court, does not prevent the recovery of tax. The only remedy is to get the recovery 'stayed' by a court.It is noteworthy that the Income-tax Act does not provide for any arbitration on tax matters. International arbitrations are generally invoked to protect investments running in astronomical figures - as is the case with Vodafone, which has resorted to the India-Netherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty. This arbitration certainly does not put a lega

Vodafone to invest Rs 6,000-cr in Maharashtra

Says investments will help increase the number of people employed by the company to 15,000 over the next few years

Committed to India as long term investor: Vodafone

The company also said that it enjoys a constructive relationship with India