McDonald’s Problems in India Grow With Tax Beef

Indian tax authorities raid the offices of Hardcastle Restaurants, the fast food giant’s largest partner in the country

MUMBAI—Indian tax authorities have raided the offices of McDonald’s biggest partner in India, another potential setback for the fast-food giant which was already locked in an ugly break up with its only other licensee in the fast-growing South Asian nation.

A spokeswoman for the income tax department said 20 locations connected to Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd., which runs more than 270 McDonald’s in the south and west of India, had been raided in the western cities of Mumbai and Pune.

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