周四，印度在孟买一家法院为其创纪录的12亿美元征税要求辩护，称这家德国公司从未及时提供所需信息，而这家汽车制造商则辩称，这一要求来得太晚了。
India defended its record $1.2 billion tax demand against Volkswagen in a Mumbai court on Thursday, saying the German company never provided required information in time, while the carmaker argued the demand came years too late.
自2024年以来，印度一直指控大众汽车多年来低报汽车进口价值，并支付低于全额税率的关税。此案对这家汽车制造商来说是一个重大悬而未决的问题，该公司目前正与印度的JSW谈判，拟出售其印度业务的股份。
India has since 2024 alleged Volkswagen undervalued auto imports for years and paid below the full tariff rates. The case is a major overhang for the carmaker which is currently in talks with India’s JSW to sell a stake in its India operations.
大众汽车在全球第三大汽车市场占有约2%的份额，该公司否认这些指控，并此前表示，此案对其印度业务是“生死攸关”的问题，且“庞大得不可能”。
这场围绕印度有史以来最大进口税要求的纠纷上周重新启动，此前孟买高等法院在8月表示将重新审理大众汽车的挑战，因为法官未能及时作出裁决。
Volkswagen, which has a roughly 2% market share in the world’s third biggest car market, denies the allegations, and has previously said the case is a matter of ”life and death” for its India business, and is ”impossibly enormous”.The dispute over India’s biggest ever import tax demand restarted last week after the High Court in Mumbai said in August it would hear Volkswagen challenge afresh as judges failed to pass a ruling in time.
2026年11月汽车发布：梅赛德斯-奔驰GLC电动版、比亚迪的腾势和皇家恩菲尔德喜马拉雅750周四，大众汽车的律师阿尔温德·达塔尔告诉法官，印度税务机关不可能回溯12年审查其进口，因为印度法律允许官员最多只能回溯过去五年。
November 2026 auto launches: Mercedes-Benz GLC Electric, BYD’s Denza and Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 On Thursday, Volkswagen’s counsel Arvind Datar told the judges India tax authorities could not have gone back 12 years in scrutinising its imports as Indian law allows officials to only go back up to the past five years.
政府最高律师之一、附加总检察长N·文卡塔拉曼表示，大众汽车没有及时提供所要求的信息，并补充说，该国没有其他进口零部件的汽车制造商有过此类不当行为。“没有其他公司对此提出质疑，”他说。
Additional Solicitor General N. Venkataraman, one of the government’s top lawyers, said Volkswagen didn’t provide the information sought in time, adding that no other automaker in the country which imports parts had indulged in such misconduct.”No other company has challenged this,” he said.
印度指控大众汽车将其进口申报为单个汽车零部件，并支付5%至15%的关税，尽管它是以未组装状态进口“几乎整辆车”，本应支付30-35%的税率。
Volkswagen is accused of declaring its imports as individual auto parts and paid 5% to 15% tariff, though it was bringing in ”almost the entire car” in unassembled condition for which it should have paid a 30-35% tax rate, India has alleged.
这项调查令外国投资者感到不安，因为冗长的进口关税和税务案件长期以来一直是企业的痛点，并影响了三星和LG等公司。此案将于下周二次开庭审理。
The investigation has spooked foreign investors, as lengthy import tariff and tax cases have long been a sore point for companies and affected companies like Samsung and LG. The case will next be heard on Tuesday next week.