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MeitY标志着税务部门对手机显示部件征收关税的举动
在MeitY发出这封信后，一个代表印度智能手机公司的行业机构于6月致函税务部门、总理办公室和IT部，称征税要求“荒谬”。
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法院的命令是在处理一项申诉时发出的。在该申诉中，BSNL官员涉嫌通过伪造文件向一家中国公司的子公司发放未经授权的款项，给财政部造成了约100亿卢比的损失。
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新德里:一封由电子部和信息技术(MeitY)在今年3月向税收部门提交的报告中强调了在对手机关键部件征收关税有效性方面的明显分歧触控面板或盖玻片．政府和业内高管表示，这两个部门之间看似不同的观点，与美国海关总署(cftc)提出的逃税通知有关收入情报局（DRI)曾服务于中国智能手机巨头Oppo和Vivo．
此外，影响可能不仅限于中国企业，还可能是颠覆性的印度的愿望成为一个电子制造中心行业官员说，如果不能立即解决这一问题。税务部门的一名官员证实收到了这封信，并表示:“他们将调查该行业的担忧。”
在MeitY发出这封信后，一个代表印度智能手机公司的行业机构于6月致函税务部门、总理办公室和IT部，称征税要求“荒谬”。
智能手机行业预计，包括印度制造商在内的其他公司也将面临类似的通知。该机构警告称，这一问题可能会对印度工业造成高达20亿卢比的损失，并影响印度作为具有吸引力和稳定商业环境的投资目的地的形象。
7月13日，印度税收情报局(DRI)向Oppo发出通知，以进口物品错误申报为由，要求征收43.89亿卢比的关税。
竞争对手中国智能手机公司Vivo的一位发言人告诉《经济时报》，该公司也收到了类似的通知。Vivo发言人表示，该公司正在审查该通知，将与有关部门合作，并“按照要求遵循法律程序”。
Oppo在一份媒体声明中表示，它对这些指控持不同看法，这是一个许多企业正在解决的全行业问题。该公司表示，将在这方面采取适当措施，包括法律规定的法律补救措施。
政府官员和行业高管表示，2020年2月税收部门关于征税的通知在征税项目的定义上含糊不清。这导致了对该规则的不同解释以及显示原因通知的发布。
该通知指出，用于制造移动电话的触摸面板/盖板玻璃组件将征收10%的关税。但用于显示器本地制造的原材料或零部件将不会征收进口税。
尽管今年3月MeitY曾写信给税务部门部长，称虽然现在对触摸屏/盖板玻璃组件征收10%的基本关税，但通知中对其定义含糊不清。该公司还澄清，作为阶段性制造计划(PMP)的一部分，用于制造显示器组件的输入和部件被豁免，以促进本地移动电话生产。
MeitY在信中写道:“海关官员认为，显示屏组件只包括屏幕，实际上是显示屏的外表面。”检察机关认为，对除外屏以外的显示器组装用进口部件征收关税是错误的。
MeitY表示，解释方面的挑战“导致歧义和不必要的诉讼，不利于这一(手机制造业)领域的增长”。
ET已经看到了MeitY的信件副本。
一位DRI高级官员告诉《印度经济时报》，发给Oppo的通知不仅限于费率的模糊性。“有许多严重的失误和指控，他们的管理人员在接受询问时已经承认，该部门已经发表了详细的声明。他们可以对通知做出回应。我们将调查他们是否提出了之前没有公布的新事实。”
印度手机和电子协会(ICEA)在致中央间接税和海关委员会的信中表示，现场官员对海关通知的解释并不“满意”，特别是关于显示器组件的构成。
ICEA表示:“为了手机制造业的顺利运行，我们要求你们发布必要的澄清。”“通过现场构造和对数以亿计的巨大职责需求的‘非正式要求’的解释，简直是荒谬的。我们敦促立即遏制这种给国家信誉打上问号的冒险主义。”
在6月23日致PMO的信中，国际原子能机构引用了MeitY的信，称:“即使经过了三个月的详细澄清，执法现场的编制仍未得到控制。”它要求“税务部门与MeitY协商，立即停止骚扰”。
该行业协会随后于6月24日致函MeitY联合秘书，指出自2017年开始实施PMP以来，税务部门一直在传唤所有手机制造商，并质疑他们进口显示器组件。
“对该行业的潜在影响为20亿卢比，并对该行业未来的扩张和业务连续性产生了寒蝉效应。这严重危及印度作为一个有吸引力和稳定的商业环境的地位。”
此外，影响可能不仅限于中国企业，还可能是颠覆性的印度的愿望成为一个电子制造中心行业官员说，如果不能立即解决这一问题。税务部门的一名官员证实收到了这封信，并表示:“他们将调查该行业的担忧。”
在MeitY发出这封信后，一个代表印度智能手机公司的行业机构于6月致函税务部门、总理办公室和IT部，称征税要求“荒谬”。
7月13日，印度税收情报局(DRI)向Oppo发出通知，以进口物品错误申报为由，要求征收43.89亿卢比的关税。
竞争对手中国智能手机公司Vivo的一位发言人告诉《经济时报》，该公司也收到了类似的通知。Vivo发言人表示，该公司正在审查该通知，将与有关部门合作，并“按照要求遵循法律程序”。
Oppo在一份媒体声明中表示，它对这些指控持不同看法，这是一个许多企业正在解决的全行业问题。该公司表示，将在这方面采取适当措施，包括法律规定的法律补救措施。
政府官员和行业高管表示，2020年2月税收部门关于征税的通知在征税项目的定义上含糊不清。这导致了对该规则的不同解释以及显示原因通知的发布。
尽管今年3月MeitY曾写信给税务部门部长，称虽然现在对触摸屏/盖板玻璃组件征收10%的基本关税，但通知中对其定义含糊不清。该公司还澄清，作为阶段性制造计划(PMP)的一部分，用于制造显示器组件的输入和部件被豁免，以促进本地移动电话生产。
MeitY在信中写道:“海关官员认为，显示屏组件只包括屏幕，实际上是显示屏的外表面。”检察机关认为，对除外屏以外的显示器组装用进口部件征收关税是错误的。
MeitY表示，解释方面的挑战“导致歧义和不必要的诉讼，不利于这一(手机制造业)领域的增长”。
ET已经看到了MeitY的信件副本。
一位DRI高级官员告诉《印度经济时报》，发给Oppo的通知不仅限于费率的模糊性。“有许多严重的失误和指控，他们的管理人员在接受询问时已经承认，该部门已经发表了详细的声明。他们可以对通知做出回应。我们将调查他们是否提出了之前没有公布的新事实。”
印度手机和电子协会(ICEA)在致中央间接税和海关委员会的信中表示，现场官员对海关通知的解释并不“满意”，特别是关于显示器组件的构成。
ICEA表示:“为了手机制造业的顺利运行，我们要求你们发布必要的澄清。”“通过现场构造和对数以亿计的巨大职责需求的‘非正式要求’的解释，简直是荒谬的。我们敦促立即遏制这种给国家信誉打上问号的冒险主义。”
在6月23日致PMO的信中，国际原子能机构引用了MeitY的信，称:“即使经过了三个月的详细澄清，执法现场的编制仍未得到控制。”它要求“税务部门与MeitY协商，立即停止骚扰”。
该行业协会随后于6月24日致函MeitY联合秘书，指出自2017年开始实施PMP以来，税务部门一直在传唤所有手机制造商，并质疑他们进口显示器组件。
“对该行业的潜在影响为20亿卢比，并对该行业未来的扩张和业务连续性产生了寒蝉效应。这严重危及印度作为一个有吸引力和稳定的商业环境的地位。”
New Delhi: A letter sent by the ministry of electronics<\/a> and information technology (MeitY) to the department of revenue in March this year has highlighted apparent differences on the validity of customs duty levies on a key component in cellular phones, the touch panel<\/a> or cover glass<\/a>. The seeming differences in views between the two departments, government and industry executives say, is relevant for duty evasion notices that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence<\/a> (DRI<\/a>) has served on Chinese smartphone majors Oppo and Vivo<\/a>.
Further, the impact may not be confined to Chinese companies and could potentially disrupt India<\/a>\u2019s aspirations of becoming an electronics manufacturing hub<\/a>, if not resolved immediately, industry officials say. An official from the revenue department confirmed receiving the letter and said, \u201cthey will look into concerns of the industry.\u201d
After the MeitY letter, an industry body representing smartphone companies in India wrote to the revenue department, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office and the IT ministry in June, describing the duty demands as \u201cpreposterous\u201d.
Further, the impact may not be confined to Chinese companies and could potentially disrupt India<\/a>\u2019s aspirations of becoming an electronics manufacturing hub<\/a>, if not resolved immediately, industry officials say. An official from the revenue department confirmed receiving the letter and said, \u201cthey will look into concerns of the industry.\u201d
After the MeitY letter, an industry body representing smartphone companies in India wrote to the revenue department, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office and the IT ministry in June, describing the duty demands as \u201cpreposterous\u201d.
<\/div><\/div>The smartphone industry expects other companies, including Indian manufacturers, also to face similar notices. It warned that the issue could hurt the industry to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore, and impact India\u2019s image as an investment destination with an attractive and stable business environment.
On July 13, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) issued a notice to Oppo, demanding Rs 4,389 crore of customs duty, citing wrongful misdeclaration of items imported.
A spokesperson at rival Chinese smartphone company Vivo told ET that it had also received a similar notice. The company is reviewing the notice, will cooperate with authorities and \u201cfollow the course of law as required\u201d, the Vivo spokesperson said.
Oppo, in a media statement, said it held a different view on the charges, and that it was an industry-wide issue many corporates were working on. The company will take appropriate steps in this regard including legal remedies provided under the law, it said.
Government officials and industry executives said a February 2020 revenue department notification on the levy of the duty was ambiguous on the definition of the items covered under it. This led to different interpretations of the rule and the issue of the show-cause notices.
On July 13, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) issued a notice to Oppo, demanding Rs 4,389 crore of customs duty, citing wrongful misdeclaration of items imported.
A spokesperson at rival Chinese smartphone company Vivo told ET that it had also received a similar notice. The company is reviewing the notice, will cooperate with authorities and \u201cfollow the course of law as required\u201d, the Vivo spokesperson said.
Oppo, in a media statement, said it held a different view on the charges, and that it was an industry-wide issue many corporates were working on. The company will take appropriate steps in this regard including legal remedies provided under the law, it said.
Government officials and industry executives said a February 2020 revenue department notification on the levy of the duty was ambiguous on the definition of the items covered under it. This led to different interpretations of the rule and the issue of the show-cause notices.
<\/div><\/div>The notification states that the touch panel\/cover glass assembly for use in the manufacturing of mobile phones would attract a duty of 10%. But there would be no import tax on inputs or parts for use in local manufacturing of the display.
The notices come despite MeitY writing to the secretary of the revenue department in March this year, saying that while there was now a 10% basic customs duty on touch panel\/cover glass assembly, its definition was ambiguous in the notification. It also clarified that the inputs and parts for use in the manufacture of display assemblies were exempted as part of the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) to boost local mobile phone production.
Customs field officers are of the view that display assembly comprises only the screen, which is effectively the outer surface of the display, MeitY wrote in the letter. According to it, the officials were wrong in demanding customs duty on the components imported for display assembly other than the outer screen.
MeitY said interpretation challenges were \u201cleading to ambiguity and unnecessary litigation that is detrimental to the growth of this (mobile phone manufacturing) segment\u201d.
ET has seen a copy of MeitY\u2019s letter.
A senior DRI official told ET that the notice sent to Oppo was not only limited to ambiguity of rate. \u201cThere are many serious lapses and charges, which their management has admitted to during questioning for which the department has already issued a detailed statement. They can respond to the notice. We would examine if they came up with fresh facts which were not shared earlier,\u201d the official told ET.
In its letter to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) said field officers were not \u201chappy\u201d with the interpretation of the customs notification, specifically around what constitutes the display assembly.
\u201cWe request you to issue the necessary clarification for smooth functioning of the mobile phone manufacturing industry,\u201d the ICEA said. \u201cThe interpretation by field formations and the \u2018informal ask\u2019 of enormous demands of duty running into hundreds of crores is nothing short of preposterous. We urge an immediate curb on such adventurism which puts a question mark on the nation's credibility.\u201d
In the letter to the PMO on June 23, citing the MeitY letter, the ICEA said: \u201cEven after three months of this detailed clarification, the enforcement field formations have not been reined in.\u201d It requested that \u201crevenue authorities work in consultation with MeitY, and immediately stop the harassment\u201d.
The industry association followed that up with a letter to the MeitY joint secretary on June 24, noting that the revenue authorities had continuously been summoning all the mobile phone manufacturers and questioning their import of display assembly since 2017, the start of the PMP implementation.
\u201cThe potential impact on the industry is Rs 20,000 crore, and is having a chilling effect on the industry for future expansion and continuity of business. This is seriously jeopardising India's position as an attractive and stable business environment,\u201d the letter said.
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The notices come despite MeitY writing to the secretary of the revenue department in March this year, saying that while there was now a 10% basic customs duty on touch panel\/cover glass assembly, its definition was ambiguous in the notification. It also clarified that the inputs and parts for use in the manufacture of display assemblies were exempted as part of the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) to boost local mobile phone production.
Customs field officers are of the view that display assembly comprises only the screen, which is effectively the outer surface of the display, MeitY wrote in the letter. According to it, the officials were wrong in demanding customs duty on the components imported for display assembly other than the outer screen.
MeitY said interpretation challenges were \u201cleading to ambiguity and unnecessary litigation that is detrimental to the growth of this (mobile phone manufacturing) segment\u201d.
ET has seen a copy of MeitY\u2019s letter.
A senior DRI official told ET that the notice sent to Oppo was not only limited to ambiguity of rate. \u201cThere are many serious lapses and charges, which their management has admitted to during questioning for which the department has already issued a detailed statement. They can respond to the notice. We would examine if they came up with fresh facts which were not shared earlier,\u201d the official told ET.
In its letter to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) said field officers were not \u201chappy\u201d with the interpretation of the customs notification, specifically around what constitutes the display assembly.
\u201cWe request you to issue the necessary clarification for smooth functioning of the mobile phone manufacturing industry,\u201d the ICEA said. \u201cThe interpretation by field formations and the \u2018informal ask\u2019 of enormous demands of duty running into hundreds of crores is nothing short of preposterous. We urge an immediate curb on such adventurism which puts a question mark on the nation's credibility.\u201d
In the letter to the PMO on June 23, citing the MeitY letter, the ICEA said: \u201cEven after three months of this detailed clarification, the enforcement field formations have not been reined in.\u201d It requested that \u201crevenue authorities work in consultation with MeitY, and immediately stop the harassment\u201d.
The industry association followed that up with a letter to the MeitY joint secretary on June 24, noting that the revenue authorities had continuously been summoning all the mobile phone manufacturers and questioning their import of display assembly since 2017, the start of the PMP implementation.
\u201cThe potential impact on the industry is Rs 20,000 crore, and is having a chilling effect on the industry for future expansion and continuity of business. This is seriously jeopardising India's position as an attractive and stable business environment,\u201d the letter said.
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