This time Salman Khan is Bollywood’s highest advance tax payer

March 23, 2017 by BollywoodPresents Team

Thanks to the blockbuster ‘Sultan’, Salman Khan has paid the highest advance tax for the financial year 2016-17, according to reports.

Salman beat other superstars like Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan with his tax returns.

Key findings of the report:

Salman Khan paid a whopping Rs 44.5 crore as tax for the financial year.
The biggest increase in earning was that of comedian-turned-Actor Kapil Sharma. Kapil paid an advance tax of Rs 23.9 crore (compared to only Rs 7 crore last year).
Also Read: Kapil Sharma assaults Sunil Grover
Aamir Khan was not the highest tax payer because we assume guess Dangal’s income will be reported in the next financial year)
Karan Johar is the only director in the top ten highest income tax payers in Bollywood.
Advance tax figures of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were not available as they are said to be linked to the Panama Papers leak case.

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