India tax officials fault appliance makers over $714,000 e-waste credits

  • Indian tax authorities faulted Haier, Godrej & Boyce, and Blue Star over recycler documents.
  • Officials said the companies wrongly claimed about $714,000 in recycling-related tax credits.
  • India has required companies to recycle portions of sold products annually since 2022.

Indian tax authorities accused Haier, Godrej & Boyce and Blue Star of failing to verify whether a recycler actually processed e-waste and of wrongly claiming about $714,000 in tax credits for services that were never provided. The allegations center on WEEE-PRO Resource Recovery Solutions, which officials said used fabricated documents and digitally altered photographs to show compliance. The notice has prompted internal supply-chain reviews across India’s $95-billion consumer electronics market. The companies said they were committed to legal compliance; Blue Star ended dealings with the vendor, while WEEE-PRO disputed the investigation’s evidence and denied wrongdoing through its officials.

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