The Maharashtra government has ordered Swiggy to pay INR 7.59 Cr in back taxes for alleged violation of professional tax deduction from employees salary.
Swiggy plans to challenge the tax authorities as it believes it has strong arguments against the tax demand order.
Swiggy has received several other tax notices, including a INR 500 Cr GST demand, pertaining to allegedly unpaid tax on delivery fees collected by the platform as revenue.
Swiggy's tax troubles come at a time when the company is striving to improve its bottom line and turn profitable, while aggressively expanding into newer segments.