Adnan Sami. PHOTO: FILE
Singer and musician Adnan Sami’s woes in India seem to have worsened in recent days. After being slapped with a notice for overstaying in India in violation of his visa, this artist of Pakistani origin has now been asked why he has not paid the service tax for the money he has earned in that country.
Sources in the Service Tax Department on Saturday said they booked a case against the musician on October 15 for allegedly evading service tax on assignments and projects he had undertaken.
“We have not been able to consolidate the exact figure of evasion. Sami will be grilled on Monday and then only we will be able to ascertain the amount,” a service tax official was quoted by agencies as saying in Mumbai.
Tax officials have also directed the 44-year-old to bring all the records pertaining to his work on Monday. In the meantime, Sami has managed to get a visa extension for three months from October 17.
Sami is a service provider and has to collect the tax for the people he provides his services to and pay it onwards to the government.
The current rate of service tax is 12.36% on gross value of the service. Service tax is only liable to be paid in case the total value of the service provided during the financial year is more than Rs1 million.
If the value of services provided during a financial year is less than this, paying it is optional. Currently, the government of India is on a drive to collect all outstanding taxes.
The tax department believes Sami did not pay tax in 2012.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 20th, 2013.
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Indians should acknowledge that Adnan Semi Khan has been contributing to Bollywood music. It is his choice if he treats Hindustan his homeland. I am not his spokesman but he is a sensible person. Sorting out tax 2012 will not be an issue - it depends how Indian media manipulated.
@R...rajkumar: surely u are a pakistani
@Shirkuh: so true.... 2 prosecuted.... jailed.... lost membership.... remaining being hunted.....we dont have as honest politicians as pakistan ...lol
looks like its in pakistan's blood to not pay taxes.... they do it everywhere.....i really dont understand y he is still in india.... we helped him grow slim and handsome now he should leave...ufff
in a country the prime Athourity is law And if law give him to extention to live in country then all stupid peoples shoud shut up there mouth....... Now caneda and us and many more other nations full of indian and they have no problem with us then why we being rude to a person who have just a word in his name 'KHAN'.......adnaan is a indian and h can live in country without anybody's permision like bal thakre.
After exporting terror now Pakistan is exporting criminals to India.
Indirect hate towards Pakistan
Dear Tax Authority, were u sleeping before?
We Indians pay some of the highest taxes in Asia...anybody be it a common man or Celebrity cannot evade laws..Income Tax se bachna India main mushkil hi nahin namumkin hain..mujhe 10,000 rs ka notice aa chuka hain.