Vodafone wins international arbitration against India in $2 billion tax dispute case: Report

报道：沃达丰赢得20亿美元税收纠纷国际仲裁案

NEW DELHI: Vodafone Group Plc has won an international arbitration case against the Indian government in a $2 billion (over Rs 20,000 crore) tax dispute, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

新德里：据两名知情人士透露，沃达丰集团赢得了一场针对印度政府的关于20亿美元(超过2亿卢比)税收纠纷的国际仲裁案。

An international arbitration tribunal in The Hague ruled that India's imposition of a tax liability on Vodafone, as well as interest and penalties, were in a breach of an investment treaty agreement between India and the Netherlands, one of the sources said.

一名消息人士称，海牙国际仲裁法庭裁定，印度向沃达丰征收税款、利息和罚金违反了印度与荷兰之间的投资协议。

The tribunal, in its ruling, said the government must cease seeking the dues from Vodafone and should also pay 4.3 million pounds ($5.47 million) to the company as partial compensation for its legal costs, the source said.

该消息人士称，法庭在裁决中称，印度政府必须停止向沃达丰索要税款，并应向该公司支付430万英镑(合547万美元)，作为其法律费用的部分补偿。

Vodafone and India's finance ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

沃达丰和印度财政部未立即回应置评请求。

The tax dispute stems from Vodafone's acquisition of the Indian mobile assets from Hutchison Whampoa in 2007. The government said Vodafone was liable to pay taxes on the acquisition, which the company contested.

税收纠纷源于沃达丰(Vodafone) 2007年从和记黄埔(Hutchison Whampoa)手中收购印度移动资产。印度政府表示，沃达丰有义务为此次收购缴税，该公司对此提出了异议。

In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the telecom provider but the government later that year changed the rules to enable it to tax deals that had already been concluded.

2012年，最高法院判定沃达丰胜诉，但当年晚些时候，印度政府改变了规则，使其能够对已经达成的交易征税。

In April 2014, Vodafone initiated arbitration proceedings against India.

2014年4月，沃达丰对印度提起仲裁诉讼。

India is entangled in more than a dozen international arbitration cases against companies, including Cairn Energy, over retrospective tax claims and cancellation of contracts. The exchequer could end up paying billions of dollars in damages if it loses.

印度卷入了十多起和企业之间的国际仲裁案件，其中包括凯恩能源(Cairn Energy)，涉及追溯性税收主张和合同取消。如果败诉，印度国库最终可能要赔偿数十亿美元。

印度时报读者的评论：

译文来源：三泰虎 http://www.santaihu.com/p/50904.html   译者：Jessica.Wu

Dattatray Z

I welcome this international arbitration decision.

Corporates cannot function if tax policies are not stable and are discretion at the hands of policy makes.

我赞同这一国际仲裁裁决。如果税收政策不稳定，由政策制定者自行决定，企业根本无法运转。

Secular Indian

This was done to kill Vodafone for Jio benefit... money should be vasooled from Ambani...

追溯税款是为了逼死沃达丰，让JIO获利，这笔钱应该由安巴尼出。

Vikram Rathore

Anything retrospective is absolutely no no - by International law. I agree with thed ruling.

根据国际法，追溯税款是绝对不允许的。我同意这个裁决。

Godimedia

Present government fail in every field

现任政府在每一个领域都失败了

Vein Himasa

Another huge debacle created by the Congress government! They tried to impose tax retrospectively, what a joke! Congress Party of the shame of India and needs to be demolished completely in the next election.

国大党政府又制造了一场巨大的灾难!他们企图追溯税款，真是个笑话!国大党是印度的耻辱，要在下次选举中彻底整垮他们。

Vikram Rathore

Retrospective tax damaged India's credibiliy

追溯性税收损害了印度的信誉

Alfa Dog

Vodafone will go through nightmare

沃达丰将经历一场噩梦

Freedom of Speech

This is win for Vodafone but huge defeat to BJP sponsored Jio. Great loss for country but huge win for Voda. money should be recovered from Jio and its protectors.

这对沃达丰来说是胜利，但对人民党支持的Jio来说是惨败。对国家来说是巨大的损失，但对沃达丰来说是巨大的胜利。这笔钱应该由Jio出。

Vishal Sheth

Whichever sector Reliance wants to enter, Modi govt destroys all competition.

信实想进入哪个行业，莫迪政府就会破坏哪个行业的竞争。

Abhijit Datta

Heartiest Congratulation..,!!!

向沃达丰表示衷心祝贺！

deepak singh

this arbitration result in my view was expected..

在我看来，这个仲裁结果是意料之中的。

Rajasekhar Gupta

Looks like Government troubling Airtel and Vodafone, so that they will close companies and JIO will get benefit.

看起来政府是在找Airtel和沃达丰的麻烦，逼他们关门，安巴尼的JIO将从中受益。

Bablu Patel

Modi-Feku working for 18-20 Hours per day for Jio, Tight slap to BJP Govt..nothing going well in India all sarvanash by Feku 56inch coward busy playing with peacock..not fit to run the country...he should resign, if he has any dignity n shame left in him.

这是给人民党政府的一记耳光。莫迪每天为Jio工作18-20个小时，在印度一切都不顺利的时候，他还忙着和孔雀玩。莫迪不适合管理国家…如果他还有廉耻心话，应该辞职。

Ali Bahadur Kaimkhani

very good news good luck vodafone

非常好的消息，祝沃达丰好运

Avin Khoval

Kill vodafone abd BSNL so that Jio will prosper.

Kill E commerce (Wallmart and Amazon) so that upcoming Reliance retails may proposer.

Target is to make Ambani world's richest and Adani World's second richest person in the World and eventually India will become 5 Tr economy.

扼杀沃达丰和 BSNL, Jio将蓬勃发展。

扼杀电子商务(沃尔玛和亚马逊)，信实零售商将蓬勃发展。

其目标是使安巴尼成为世界上最富有的人，阿达尼成为世界上第二富有的人，最终印度将成为5万亿经济体。

Sam Hermington

At least now jio won't be able to establish monopoly in the Indian market. Good for the customers.

至少目前jio无法在印度市场建立垄断。这对客户来说是好事。

Deepayan Choudhury

Nokia and many other companies had to shut shop because of these dirty Taxation by Indian Govt. This should stop. I welcome the decision by the International court wholeheartedly.

诺基亚和许多其他公司不得不关门是因为印度政府的征税问题。我对国际法院的裁决表示欢迎。

Deepak

Government of india(congress or BJP) is the biggest threat to the development of india!

印度政府(国大党或人民党)是印度发展的最大威胁!

The Lie Lama Aka Feku

I support VI....This govt is super criminal

我支持沃达丰…本届政府是超级罪犯

Trishul

Uneducated brainless Feku has destroyed India's credibility in every sphere. He is trying to run the country like his tea stall.

没文化、没头脑的莫迪已经摧毁了印度在各个领域的信誉。他试图像经营茶摊那样管理国家。