Article: Japan Cell-Phone Giant NTT DoCoMo Sues Authorities over Taxes.

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 2--TOKYO--NTT DoCoMo Inc. has filed a lawsuit against tax authorities claiming it was inappropriately taxed on roughly 30 billion yen it paid for acquiring the lines for its personal handy-phone (PHS) system, a company official said Thursday.

Japan's biggest cell phone operator filed the lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court seeking a retraction of the authorities' decision to impose the additional taxation.

"We filed a complaint with the tax authorities for the additional taxes, but since our assertion was not accepted, we decided to go ahead with a lawsuit," the ...

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