Adding blemish to the reputation of musician AR Rahman, who is also known as ‘the Mozart of Madras’, a report has surfaced where a court has issued notice to the maestro for an alleged tax evasion.
As per reports, Madras High Court on Friday issued notice to AR Rahman with an appeal filed by the Income Tax department in which the agency alleged that Rahman routed a portion over Rs 3 crore, to his charitable organisation.
The IT approached the High Court reportedly after the proceedings initiated against the music composer by the department was set aside by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. The counsel of the IT department claimed that AR Rahman received an income to the tune of Rs 3.47 crore in the assessment year 2011-12 from UK based telecom company (Lebara Mobile) for composing ringtones, which was directly transferred to the foundation managed by him.
As per the contract, Rahman was to compose exclusive ringtones for the company for a period of three years and IT department claims that Rahman had instructed the company to pay his remuneration directly to his charitable trust.
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