Vodafone seeks extension for India tax claim reply

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 - Vodafone <VOD.L> has sought an extension until Jan. 29 to reply to a tax claim notice issued last month by the Indian tax department, Junior Finance Minister S.S. Palanimanickam said on Friday in a written reply to question in parliament.

On Oct. 30, India's tax department issued the notice to Vodafone over its $11.2 billion purchase of Hutchison Telecom's <2332.HK> Indian operations in 2007, and had said the British firm needed to comply by Nov. 16.

For previous Reuters stories on the matter, see [ID:nDEL405832] and [ID:nLG414516].