HC relief for Rampal in tax case technical goof-up

Updated On: 02 May, 2023 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania

Court rules that the actor paid his tax dues before govt’s scheme expired in 2020, but the payment was reversed due to a technical issue, which was not his fault

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Actor Arjun Rampal availed of the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme for tax dues on his income between April 2016 and June 2017. File Pic/Satej Shinde

Actor Arjun Rampal has got relief from the Bombay High Court in a matter involving his pending income tax dues. In 2020, he had availed a short-term scheme of the central government for a concession in clearing tax dues, but the payment didn’t go through. Thereafter, he filed a writ petition in the HC to avoid paying the full pending amount of over Rs 9 lakh. The court ruled in his favour, stating that the actor was not at fault, instead a technical error prevented him from abiding by the scheme’s rules. A bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Abhay Ahuja ruled in the matter on March 30, but the detailed order was published on the official website on April 28.

The scheme

The Centre had introduced Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDRS) to put an end to legacy disputes in indirect tax matters. Rampal is a professional film artiste, brand ambassador and also works in advertisements and on stage shows and is registered as a service provider under the provision of the finance Act, 1994. Under this Act, all professional film artistes have to pay taxes as per their incomes.

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