Superstar Amitabh Bachchan

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is in for some trouble as the Income Tax department has moved the Supreme Court challenging a seven-month-old order of the Bombay high court, which had given relief to Big B in a case related to his super hit TV show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

The Income Tax department is not in consensus with the HC order that had agreed to Bachchan claiming a benefit under Section 80RR of the Income Tax Act which provides 30% tax relief on income of artistes from outside India.

According to the department, Big B was an anchor of ‘KBC ’ and not an artist. Moreover, the income to be categorised under Section 80RR must have either come from abroad or the artist must have performed outside India but in this case the show was shot in Mumbai itself hence, no tax relief should be granted.The dispute over taxation is on a total earning of Rs 13 crore which Bachchan earned from ‘KBC’.