Essar pays Rs 10 bn tax due to Gujarat govt in first installment
July 31, 2012
Mumbai, 31 July 2012
Essar Energy, the India-focused integrated energy company, has reported that its subsidiary Essar Oil has made an initial payment towards the deferred sales tax liability from its Vadinar oil refinery.
The company has paid Rs 10bn (around $182m) to the Gujarat government out of a total of Rs. 61.69bn (around $1.12bn) that is due.
In a statement the company said: “Essar Oil continues to pursue the matter of a schedule for repayment of the overall sales tax liability both by legal means and with the government of Gujarat.”
Earlier in July Essar Oil secured a loan facility to pay back the tax bill. The facility is worth $900m against the tax liability of $1.12bn.
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