Published: Monday, Feb 21, 2011, 10:20 IST
By Soumyadipta Banerjee | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Salman Khan and Aamir Khan
After conducting raids in actresses Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif's houses, the income tax department has turned the scanner on the heroes of Bollywood now. According to sources, the financial recordssubmitted by actors Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan among other leading men are being reviewed once again to spot any pending taxes that may not have filed by them.
"The Income Tax (I-T) department has already appealed to the Bombay high court against actor Shah Rukh Khan and is confident it has a case here," says a source. The I-T department challenged an order passed by one of its tribunals that allowed Shah Rukh to seek tax relief for using his membership at Otters Club in Bandra, and his BMW car for "professional reasons".
According to sources, several other transactions of Shah Rukh Khan are under the scanner to figure out whether he has broken any rule or not. "There are several other transactions, specially his appearances abroad, which are being monitored to see if everything is in order. We would say that it is a part of a continuous process and not that somebody is being targeted unnecessarily," the source adds.
Actors Salman Khan and Aamir Khan are also under the scanner, but sources say nothing so far has come up to point out that they have evaded tax in any way.
"Salman has made a few TV appearances and the department is figuring out if all the papers are in order. Same is the case with a few other actors," another source says, adding that the financial transactions of all actors who had had a run-in with the I-T department before might be looked into once more.
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