Highest tax paying celebrities
Fortune India shared a report where Thalapathy Vijay found himself in the second spot with a tax payment of Rs 80 crore. Salman Khan found himself in the third spot despite no major releases, with an amount of Rs 75 crore paid in taxes this year.
The angry young man of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan is in the fourth position who paid tax of Rs 71 crore. He was recently featured in the blockbuster movie Nag Ashwin’s directorial venture called Kalki 2898AD to bolster his earnings.
Interestingly, Akshay Kumar who received the ‘Samman Patra’ from the Income Tax department in 2022 for being the ‘highest taxpayer’ in the country, was missing from this year’s top taxpayers list.
Among actresses, Kareena Kapoor topped the chart with Rs 20 crore, followed by Kiara and Katrina with Rs 12 crore and 11 crore, respectively.
Here’s the list of top Indian celebrities paying the highest tax for 2024:
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Shah Rukh Khan – Rs 92 crore -
Thalapathy Vijay – Rs 80 crore -
Salman Khan – Rs 75 crore -
Amitabh Bachchan – Rs 71 crore -
Virat Kohli – Rs 66 crore -
Ajay Devgn – Rs 42 crore -
MS Dhoni – Rs 38 crore -
Ranbir Kapoor – Rs 36 crore -
Sachin Tendulkar- Rs 28 crore -
Hrithik Roshan – Rs 28 crore -
Kapil Sharma – Rs 26 crore -
Sourav Ganguly – Rs 23 crore -
Kareena Kapoor – Rs 20 crore -
Shahid Kapoor – Rs 14 crore -
Mohanlal – Rs 14 crore -
Allu Arjun – Rs 14 crore -
Hardik Pandya – Rs 13 crore -
Kiara Advani – Rs 12 crore -
Katrina Kaif – Rs 11 crore -
Pankaj Tripathi – Rs 11 crore -
Aamir Khan – Rs 10 crore -
Rishabh Pant – Rs 10 crore
Amir Khan and Rishabh Pant found themselves at the bottom of the list who paid Rs 10 crore each. Khan was last seen in Laal Singh Chaddha (2022), a remake of the 1994 movie Forrest Gump, which also stars Kareena Kapoor, Naga Chaitanya and Mona Singh.
SRK’s upcoming project
Shah Rukh Khan had an awesome last year with three blockbuster movies that performed superbly well at the box office. The actor announced his upcoming project, King, last year, which will go on floors soon. The actor will be seen sharing the screen with Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan and it will be directed by filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh.
First Published: Sep 05 2024 | 12:55 PM IST
