India’s leading service provider Bharti Airtel has been served a notice from Income Tax department in connection with taxation of overseas roaming charges for financial years 2001-02 and 2006-07, reports PTI.

Early this year the telco major was served a Rs 1,067-crore tax demand notice for non-payment of TDS dues in the last four financial years in connection with its overseas operations notice by the IT department.

Bharti Airtel, which has approached the Delhi High Court against this IT order, has recently made an interim payment of Rs 236.9 crore in this regard.

"This pertains to a matter where the IT department is trying to treat inter connect charges being paid by domestic telecom operators to international operators, as fee for technical services and recover withholding tax on that basis. The matter is sub-judice and the demand on the company stands stayed. The pre-deposit amount has been paid in compliance of the court order granting stay", said an Airtel spokesperson.