Sunday, August 24, 2014

Delhi International Airport Private Limited faces alleged service tax evasion charge

New Delhi: : The Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAL) has come under the scanner of central revenue department officials for allegedly evading service tax of about Rs 60 crore.

It is alleged that DIAL, operator of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), evaded service tax on the licences fee and development charges collected by it from private entities who are developing five star hotels under the Delhi aerocity project, official sources said.

A case of alleged service tax evasion against DIAL has been registered by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) here and the amount of alleged service tax evasion is about Rs 60 crore, the sources said.
They claimed that DIAL, which had been given about 5,000 acres land in and around the Delhi airport, leased out part of this land to private groups for development of hotel properties under the aerocity project without paying the service tax on the fees collected from them.
24/08/14 PTI/Times of India
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