Akshay Kumar beats the Khans, becomes the highest taxpayer in Bollywood

After the deadline for paying the final installment of advance tax, for both corporates and individuals, expired on 15 March, Akshay Kumar has emerged as Mumbai's top advance taxpayer for the sixth consecutive year when he paid Rs 18 crore. Last year Akshay gave a series of hits in films like Special 26, Khiladi 786, Housefull 2, Rowdy Rathore and Oh My God! Close on the heels of Akshay Kumar was Salman Khan who paid Rs 11 crore. The actor had two big releases viz Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2 that totally made more than Rs 150 crore at the box office in 2012. While Shah Rukh Khan paid Rs 10.5 crore, Aamir Khan returned with a seven-fold year-on-year increase by paying Rs 7.5 crore. Shahid Kapoor's tax payout remained unchanged at Rs 1 crore this year. Among Bollywood's leading ladies, Katrina Kaif paid the highest tax of Rs 4.5 crore while Kareena Kapoor Khan is said to have paid Rs 4 crore. Priyanka Chopra paid Rs 2 crore. About 1.35 million returns were filed between February 10 and March 10, an increase of more than 15% over the 1.08 million returns filed in the year-ago period.