Vodafone verdict: Impact on Cairn unlikely, basis of scrutiny distinct

Cairn is awaiting its own arbitration award for which the final hearings concluded way back in 2018

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Vodafone | cairn | Cairn India

Jyoti Mukul  |  New Delhi 

Cairn Plc that has been in a protracted dispute over retrospective tax with the central government is cautious after last week’s Vodafone arbitration award. The Vodafone award could have had a bearing on its case, if hearings had not concluded.

The UK-based company is awaiting its own arbitration award for which the final hearings concluded way back in 2018. Tax experts, however, claimed that the income tax department treated the Vodafone and Cairn cases separately since the latter’s tax scrutiny was due to internal ownership reorganisation, unlike the British telecom ...

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First Published: Mon, September 28 2020. 06:06 IST
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