India does not agree with USTR’s report on ecommerce tax: Commerce Secretary

New Delhi: India does not agree with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) report that the country’s two per cent equalisation levy on foreign e-commerce firms discriminates against American companies, Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said on Wednesday. Last month, an USTR investigation has concluded that India’s 2 per cent digital services tax on e-commerce supply discriminates against US companies and is inconsistent with international tax principles.

“We do not agree with that conclusion,” Wadhawan told reporters when asked whether India has responded to the USTR report.