IT firm threatened with legal action in Bangalore for not paying Rs 16.47 crore tax.
Bangalore: India’s third largest IT firm Wipro has been threatened with legal action by authorities for allegedly not paying Rs 16.47 crore property tax as sought by the Bangalore municipal corporation.
Wipro said it is “exploring all legal options at its disposal to seek redressal” against any such move by the authorities concerned.
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) alleged that Wipro had not paid taxes despite repeated notices and has now slapped a final notice for payment, failing which the company faces legal action including seizure of movable property.
“They still owe us Rs 16.47 crore in tax and dues, but despite sending them repeated notices, Wipro officials are not paying the amount. We have sent them the third and final notice, but still they are trying to buy time,” BBMP standing committee on taxation and finance chairman M.S. Shiva-prasad said.
The corporation, he said, can confiscate the movable properties of tax defaulters if they fail to pay even after being served with three notices.
Wipro termed the notice as “intimidatory tactics to collect money against unsubstantiated notice of payment” and said it was exploring all legal options to seek redressal.
“On November 27, officials and corporators of BBMP arrived at Wipro’s Sarjapur campus without prior notice and resorted to highhandedness and arm twisting tactics for nearly seven hours.
“It was an illegal attempt to collect money against a notice for collection of property tax, which is not final and has been responded to by pointing out errors in data points and assumptions,” the company said.
These notices have been superseded with multiple fresh notices by BBMP itself and the latest one is yet to be adjudicated, it added.
