HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Bollywood stars fail to pay stamp duty14th May 2007 09.00 IST By Agencies New segments brought under the Stamp Duty Act of Maharashtra have failed to realise any significant revenues for the state with many of them from Amitabh Bachchan to Preity Zinta not paying up, a top official said on Sunday. Among the new segments brought under the Act were contracts entered into by shopping malls, film producers, brand ambassadors, mobile companies and advertising agencies, among others. 
While a majority of mobile companies have paid stamp duty towards agreements entered into by them for erecting mobile towers on various buildings, other entities have not. Rajesh Katkar, Collector of Stamps (Enforcement), said the government should have collected about Rs 50 crore by way of stamp duty through new segments. However, the actual realisation so far is only around Rs five-crore. The penalty for not paying stamp duty on time is 2 per cent per month, which could go upto a maximum of 200 per cent of the original duty amount. Among brand ambassadors who have yet not paid up are the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan , Aishwarya Rai , John Abraham , Saif Ali Khan , Kareena Kapoor , Priyanka Chopra and Preity Zinta. Incidentally, the department can collect a maximum of Rs 10 lakh per contract signed by the film stars as brand ambassadors. It is learnt that some of the stars have disputed the imposition of the levy on them. Ash has argued that the stamp duty should be collected from the company whose products she is endorsing. However, Katkar said the stamp office asked Ash to send the agreements she has entered into with the companies to find out whether there is provision for it. However, she has not sent the agreements so far. Interestingly, other stars like Hrithik Roshan , Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee who also have acted as brand ambassadors for different companies have paid the stamp duty. Related Amitabh Bachchan Preity Zinta Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai John Abraham Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor Priyanka Chopra Hrithik Roshan Shah Rukh Khan Rani Mukherjee | ALSO READ scoop ~ Michael Jackson converts to Islam: report ~ A R Rahman inspires people to vote! ~ Hrithik Roshan to play lord Ram? ~ Sada enters Bollywood with 'Khallballi' ~ Konkona Sen does a lesbian act! ~ Ash and Bon Jovi unite for Live Earth ~ How Salman improvised a romantic scene with Katrina! ~ Katrina Kaif did 'Yuvvraaj' for emotional reasons ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Big B, Bon Jovi and Roger Waters team up for a cause ~ 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' to premiere at IFFI ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Yuvvraaj , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Sorry Bhai MUSIC Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Yuvvraaj celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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