酒类巨头帝亚吉欧的印度子公司联合烈酒周五表示，遭到印度西部马哈拉施特拉邦税务机关搜查，此举是针对苏格兰威士忌进口错列分类的调查的一部分。
公司称，马哈拉施特拉邦州税专员于10月19日发起搜查，并于周四结束。联合烈酒补充说，搜查对财务或运营活动没有影响。公司未提供搜查原因或搜查场所的细节。
联合烈酒早些时候曾表示，10月16日曾作为“全行业行动”的一部分，遭到税收情报局搜查。
United Spirits , the Indian unit of liquor giant Diageo , said on Friday that it was searched by tax authorities from the western Indian state of Maharashtra, amid an investigation into misclassification of Scotch imports.
路透社本月早些时候独家报道，印度税务机关正在调查酒类巨头保乐力加和帝亚吉欧是否错误分类了部分散装苏格兰威士忌进口，从而使其能够缴纳较低关税。
路透社报道，税务部门担心公司将散装苏格兰威士忌浓缩液错误归类为根据印英贸易协定享受较低关税的产品。根据该贸易协定，该协定于7月15日生效，印度同意将部分苏格兰威士忌进口税减半，从150%降至75%。
联合烈酒周三公布第二季度利润下滑。其热门酒类板块净销售值大幅下降，部分原因是马哈拉施特拉邦对非本地品牌征收的高额税收。
Maharashtra's Commissioner of State Tax initiated the search on October 19 and concluded it on Thursday, the company said United Spirits added that there was no impact on financial or operational activities due to the search The company did not provide details around the reason for the search or on which premises it was conducted United Spirits had earlier said it had been searched by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence as part of an "industry-wide exercise" on October 16 The Indian tax authority is looking into whether liquor giants Pernod Ricard (PERP.PA) and Diageo wrongly classified some bulk Scotch imports, allowing them to pay lower tariffs, Reuters exclusively reported earlier this month The tax department is concerned that companies are wrongly classifying bulk Scotch concentrates as products eligible for lower tariffs under the India-UK trade pact, Reuters reported Under the trade pact, which took effect on July 15, India agreed to halve import taxes on some Scotch imports to 75% from 150% United Spirits posted lower second-quarter profit on Wednesday Net sales value for its popular liquor segment declined sharply, hurt partially by a steep tax on non-local brands in the state of Maharashtra