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 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 taxes.
"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 company official said.