Last month, the Income Tax Department conducted a tax survey in the Delhi and Mumbai offices of the UK media house BBC for three days over allegations of irregularities in tax payments.
The income tax department today said the nearly three-day "survey" at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai broadly looked into a mismatch between the income/profits of the broadcaster's group firms and their scale of operations in India.
The Income Tax department's 'survey' at the BBC office here continued for the third straight day on Thursday as officials gathered financial data from select staffers and made copies of electronic and paper data of the news organisation.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday hit out at those criticising the Income Tax survey at the offices of BBC, saying some people trust foreign news outlets but not Indian investigative agencies.
The income tax "survey" at the BBC's Delhi and Mumbai offices ended tonight after nearly three days of officials going through digital records and files.