Since almost 9 years the IT giant Intel has dodged paying tax to the Bruhar Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP). Now the BBMP has come up with a novel Intel Inside Garbage Outside tactic to make the company cough up the tax it owes to the government.
As reported by India Today, The BBMP said that the standing committee on taxation and finance had found that the company had defaulted tax payment between 2007 and 2008 to the tune of Rs 34 crores. Repeated notices to Intel were not taken seriously and finally the BBMP with the help of valid documentation managed to convince the court how Intel defaulted.
As an interim measure the court had directed Intel to pay Rs 17 crore which is half the amount the company owes by July 25. However, after all such warnings were repeatedly ignored by the IT giant, the BBMP resorting to a very creative tactic decided to block the gates of the IT major with garbage trucks.
According to the Joint Commissioner of the Mahadevapura zone, BBMP Muniveerappa, in...