At least it's not Buxton's words
Will Buxton @willbuxton
Just spoke to @vickychandhok. In his words “no chance at all” that the race will be cancelled.
Whilst I am realistic enough to agree with Chandhok, in my opinion, if there are unpaid taxes, the Indian authorities have a duty to demand that the outstanding amount is paid by close of business tomorrow and, if it is not, to prevent the remainder of this year‘s event from being staged. This is not like the dispute over import duty being demanded of the teams, which was a load of bureacratic nonsense given that every country in the world will waive import duty on equipment which is only being brought in for a single event and then being "exported" again within days. The promoters ought to pay tax. The event is poorly attended and it‘s hard to argue that it creates a tourism boon that would justify a tax waiver, and in any event it is entirely a matter for the Indian authorities to decide, at their absolute discretion, whether or not to grant waivers. The promoter can‘t simply refuse to pay his taxes and then say "well the taxes ought to have been waived". They weren‘t waived and, rather than pay them, the promoter took the regional tax authority to court and lost, and having lost, still doesn‘t appear to be paying up.
And from the tax authority‘s point of view, the threat of cancellation of Sunday‘s race is their best and possibly only hope of recovering the unpaid taxes. F1 isn‘t coming back to India and, once this weekend‘s event is over, the promoter can just declare itself insolvent and disappear.