Vivo India transferred Rs 62,476 crore to China to avoid paying taxes: ED

According to the agency, 18 companies helped the smartphone maker to transfer 50 per cent of the turnover outside India, mainly China

The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) money-laundering probe into mobile phone maker Vivo India has revealed the company, to avoid paying taxes in India, remitted about Rs 62,476 crore of its turnover to China between 2017 and 2021.

According to the agency, 18 companies that were allegedly incorporated fraudulently helped the smartphone maker to transfer 50 per cent of the turnover outside India, mainly China. The sale proceeds during the period stood at Rs 1.25 trillion.

So far, 119 bank accounts of entities with a gross balance of Rs 465 crore, including fixed deposits of Rs 66 crore of Vivo India, gold bars of