Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan placed Number One Position in the list of advance taxpayers. In last year his blockbuster movie Bajirangi Baijan collected Rs.20 crores advance tax and after that Akshay Kumar got second with Rs16 crores.

The income tax department has recently published the statistics of advance taxpayers. Among the stars in the Indian film industry actor Salman Khan is in No.1 spot by paying an advance tax of Rs.20 crores. Salman Khan’s movie Bhajrangi Bhaijan collected around Rs.600 crores around the world. This movie is the highest grocer of the year 2015. His other movie Prem Ratan Dhan Payo grossed around Rs.200 crores.

Action hero Akshay Kumar was the leading advance tax payer of last year. This year he has been pushed to the second spot by Salman Khan. Akshay Kumar has paid an advance tax of Rs.16 crores. Ranbir Kapoor is in the third place by paying Rs.15 crores.

His movies Tamasha and Bombay Velvette released last year. The king of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan comes fourth by paying Rs.14 crores. Amitabh Bachchan has paid Rs.8.7crores. His movie Piku was a super hit.

The advance tax is the forecast made on the basis of business done in the first three quarters of the financial year. Only after calculating the business done during the last quarter, which is from January to March, the income tax department will come to know about the highest taxpayer in Bollywood for the financial year of 2015.