Who pays the highest tax in India: You will be surprised to hear the name of the person who pays the highest income tax in India. That person is neither Mukesh Ambani, nor Gautam Adani nor Tata-Birla…
The annual festival of filing income tax returns is in full swing in the country. Now its deadline has also come very close. Many people must have filled their income tax return by now, or will be about to fill it. Many of them would have deposited tax in the government coffers, while the majority would have been those who filed Nil ITR.
This question must have arisen in your mind
In the season of return filing, the question may have arisen in your mind that who pays the highest income tax in the country? It is quite possible that you have answered this question yourself and have thought that Ambani-Adani or Tata-Birla… either of these will be the biggest taxpayer of India. If you also think like this, then you think absolutely wrong.
Deposited so much income tax last year
When it comes to individual income tax, other sectors overshadow the corporate leaders. According to the information given by the Income Tax Department, Akshay Kumar was the biggest taxpayer of India during the last year i.e. during the financial year 2021-22. Film actor Akshay Kumar had deposited income tax of Rs 29.5 crore in 2022. He had declared his year’s earnings as Rs 486 crore.
This is how Akshay Kumar earns
This figure of Akshay Kumar’s earnings does not even surprise. He is counted among the biggest stars of Bollywood and is one of the highest paid actors. On top of that, he has the ability to complete many films in a year. Apart from that, Akshay Kumar runs his own production house and sports team. He also earns a lot from the endorsement of various brands.
Even before this he was the biggest taxpayer
This is the reason that his earnings are strong and he is number-1 in India in terms of filing Individual Income Tax. Akshay Kumar has been number-1 in paying income tax even before 2022. In the year 2021 i.e. for the financial year 2020-21, he had deposited income tax of Rs 25.5 crore. He was also the country’s largest individual income taxpayer that year. For that Akshay Kumar was given the ‘Samman Patra’ award.
Dhoni can come out ahead this time
Talking about the current season, since the taxes are being paid now, the Income Tax Department has not told about the biggest taxpayer. However, according to the figures available now, former cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni seems to be winning this year. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has deposited a huge advance income tax of Rs 38 crore during the financial year 2022-23. Dhoni has remained the biggest income tax payer of Jharkhand for the last several years. Now it seems that this year he is going to become number-1 in the country as well.
Because of this Ambani-Adani are not number-1
Now one year the question may arise that why Ambani-Adani or Tata-Birla are not ahead in terms of paying maximum tax? So the answer is that most of the businessmen do not have personal property but have property in the name of their companies. In such a situation, the earnings also go to the share of their companies, in return for which corporate income tax is paid.
