Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Hrithik Roshan is I-T payer No. 1

Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan has emerged as the top advance income tax payer in 2006-07 while Bachchans have done it as a family.

Hrithik paid a little over Rs 15 crore, mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan paid close to Rs 14.25 crore while superstar Shah Rukh Khan paid around Rs 14 crore, Income Tax Department sources told said in Mumbai on Monday.

Mumbai film fraternity pays around Rs 400 crore in taxes altogether, which includes technicians as well as those attached to other departments engaged in film production, an Income Tax source added.

With Aishwarya Rai joining the Bachchan clan following her marriage with Abhishek Bachchan , the family has become the top taxpayer in Bollywood.

The Bachchan family paid around Rs 25 crore in taxes in the year ended March 31, the sources said.

Bachchan's son Abhishek paid around Rs 4.75 crore, Ash around Rs 5 crore while the company AB Corp shelled out about Rs 1.44 crore, they said.

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