The tax department has asked the two firms, who are being probed by another agency under the Corporate Affairs Ministry -- Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), to send their executives who had audited Reebok India's accounts to depose before its officials.
The department has initiated a probe after Reebok India filed a complaint against two of its former employees over a scam allegedly involving Rs 870 crore.
Both the auditing firms have denied any wrongdoing.
"The statement of the auditors of these firms will be recorded under the provisions of the Income Tax Act," sources said.
In the criminal complaint filed at the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Gurgaon police, Reebok India had alleged that its former Managing Director Subhinder Singh Prem and Chief Operating Officer Vishnu Bhagat were involved in a Rs 870 crore fraud by indulging in "criminal conspiracy" and "fraudulent" practises over a period of time.
While one of the auditing firms had done a forensic audit of Reebok India on behalf of its German parent company Adidas in 2010, the other had audited its overall accounts.
The I-T department, according to sources, is looking to ascertain the role of the accounting officials of these two auditing companies, if they did any deliberate or mistaken oversight in account books which led to the alleged financial irregularities in the Indian arm of the global sports merchandise manufacturer.