Salman Khan is the highest advance tax payer, leaves behind Akshay and Hrithik

Salman Khan disbursed Rs. 16 crore while Akshay, who held the spot previous year by paying Rs. 18 crore, dropped to the second place by shelling out Rs. 11 crore.

Leaving behind Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan, actor Salman Khan has topped the list of highest advance tax payers for this fiscal.

Salman Khan paid Rs 16 crore advance tax this year. (PTI)

The 50-year-old actor disbursed Rs. 16 crore while Akshay, who held the spot previous year by paying Rs. 18 crore, dropped to the second place by shelling out Rs. 11 crore, reports Pinkvilla.

Akshay stood second this time.

Hrithik Roshan, who was nowhere seen in the top 10 highest taxpayers of last year, shared the second spot with Akshay this year.

Hrithik tied in with Akshay for the second spot.

On the third position is Ranbir Kapoor, who paid Rs 7.8 crore as advance tax till September 2016, compared to Rs. 4 crore paid in the last year.

Ranbir Kapoor came in fourth.

Popular comedian Kapil Sharma also made it into the list this year.

However, the tax details of Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh haven’t yet been disclosed by the Income Tax (IT) department.

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