India looking into its tax status and affairs, says BBC’s internal memo

The memo, sent by BBC World Service director, said questions about the company's structure, activities, organisation, and operations in India are within the remit of the investigation.

BBC office building, where a survey operation is being conducted by Income Tax Department officials as part of a tax evasion investigation, at KG Marg in New Delhi, on 14 February 2023 | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

New Delhi: The BBC was “fully co-operating” with Indian tax officials on a survey of the organisation’s tax status and affairs in India, the company told employees in an internal email on Wednesday.

“Questions about BBC’s structure, activities, organisation, and operations in India are within the remit of the investigation,” the internal note, sent by Liliane Landor, director of BBC World Service, and reviewed by Reuters, said.

(Reporting by Aditya Kalra, Sudipto Ganguly, Rupam Jain and Aftab Ahmed; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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