TIOL-DDT 604 · Tuesday, 1 May 2007 · story 2 of 4

Bachchans – highest tax paying family in the country

The highest tax payers are not the businessmen but our film stars. With the Senior Bachchan and Junior one between them paying around 20 Crores and the new Bahu paying about 5 Crores, the Bachchan family has paid more than 25 Crores as advance Income Tax. Maybe they deserve that special treatment in Tirupati. The three top income tax payers in Mumbai are reported to be Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan and superstar Shah Rukh Khan – in that order, each paying around 15 Crores.

Bollywood pays about 400 Crores of Income Tax.