NEW DELHI: A number of Bollywood stars are under the scrutiny of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) which has detected at least 156 cases of non-compliance of rules and short payment of service tax, with revenue implication of more than Rs 50 crore. CAG report , tabled in Parliament on Friday, has pointed out anomalies in collection of service tax from actors Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh and Arjun Rampal. While the service tax authorities have told CAG that show-cause notices have been servd to Devgn, Deshmukh and Rampal, the department has not clarified what action it has initiated against Khan for short payment. ""Kapoor acted in the movie 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' produced by Dharma Productions Pvt Ltd, shot both in India and New York. He received a consideration of Rs 6.75 crore from a foreign company, ADHM Films Ltd. (UK), based in London for the film shot in UK and did not pay service tax of Rs 83.43 lakh treating the same as export of services," the auditor pointed out.
Source: Times of India August 05, 2017 00:28 UTC