Samsung India says reviewing government notice on tax dispute

Samsung Electronics’ Indian unit is reviewing a government notice related to a tax dispute, it said on Thursday, after a media report said a domestic agency accused the company of evading import duties worth Rs 1,728 crore ($212 million).

The Economic Times reported that India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sent Samsung India a show cause notice, accusing it of skirting import taxes by misclassifying networking devices called remote radio heads to avail undue exemption of basic customs duty.

“This is a tax dispute involving interpretation of law. We are reviewing the notice and are exploring legal opinion,” a Samsung India spokesperson said in an email, but did not give further details, including on specifics about the tax dispute.