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Government Asks Telecom Companies To Submit Self-Assessment Supporting Documents On AGR Math

The sources, who did not wish to be named, said the exercise will help the Department of Telecom examine the AGR calculations.

A telecom tower. (Photographer: Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg)
A telecom tower. (Photographer: Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg)

The government has asked telecom companies to submit adjusted gross revenue self-assessment documents that form the basis of their statutory dues calculation, according to the department of telecom sources.

The sources, who did not wish to be named, said the exercise will help the Department of Telecom examine the AGR calculations being made by the telecom players.

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All three telecom companies Bharti Airtel Ltd., Vodafone Idea Ltd., and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd. have been asked to provide substantiating documents to support their claims on AGR arithmetic, they added.