The latter issued a statement that, "The department has called us as they are seeking our inputs on this. We will extend full cooperation".
A questionnaire sent to Price Waterhouse was not answered.
The audit for Nokia was done by four officials of PWC from its Delhi branch and they signed the audit report. I-T department sources allege misrepresentation of facts in the report and has also seized emails, described as 'key evidence'.
The audit firm and Nokia have both been summoned on Wednesday, said the official.
K Baskaran, public relations officer for the chief commisioner of income tax here, had said, "It has been gathered that Nokia India has been making remittances to its Finnish parent, Nokia OYJ, as payments for software supplies since 2005.
The above payments for software would attract TDS (tax deducted at source) as per the provisions of the I-T Act, 1961.
"But
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