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The much foreseen Walmart and Flipkart deal is finalized. The retail titan Walmart’s CEO McMilon is in Bengaluru exclusively to take the deal to the next level and acquire over 70% stake in the ecommerce player. This is going to be one of the largest Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) to take place in India. The ecommerce firm will be valued at $20 billion post the deal. The deal will be made official in a town hall meeting at Flipkart’s headquarters in Bengaluru.

McMilon is also going to disclose the strategy he is likely to implement in India to the Flipkart’s employees. Google parent Alphabet Inc., will align with Walmart in the deal. Walmart would be owning a 60% stake, while Alphabet will get about 15% ownership of Flipkart. Although the transactions are supposedly to take place in Singapore where the ecommerce firm Flipkart is registered, India’s Income Tax (I-T) department keeping an eye on the deal. According to the I-T rules known as the “Retrospective Tax,” any asset which is registered or incorporated outside India shall be deemed to be situated in India if the assets are “substantially” located in India. With the ongoing talks of the deal , there is a possibility the taxmen may apply the same rules to the Walmart-Flipkart deal.

According to reports, Flipkart’s rival Amazon has been trying to invest in Flipkart and also made an offer to buy 60% of its stake. The e retailer, however, seems to show no interest in the deal and chose Walmart over Amazon. Nevertheless, Amazon is committed to invest over $5 billion in India. The company aims at making its distribution systems stronger in the country.

With the online marketplace in India growing tremendously, global investors are hugely attracted to the Indian online market. Currently, Flipkart controls nearly 40% of India’s online retail market.

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