India sets taxmen loose on US Embassy

After the nuclear tests in 1998, the US put severe sanctions against India. In a role reversal, it's the American embassy in New Delhi feeling the pinch of "sanctions" imposed by the Indian foreign ministry, including an impending visit by the taxman. The foreign ministry has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes to make an unprecedented scrutiny of tax returns, salaries and employment details of embassy employees, as well as exemptions claimed by establishments allied to the mission.

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