Bollywood's
major
production
houses
including
Karan
Johar's
Dharma
Productions
and
Ekta
Kapoor's
Balaji
Telefilms
came
under
the
scanner
of
the
Income
Tax
Department.
The
IT
Department
conducted
a
survey
of
these
production
companies
to
check
if
they
were
deducting
taxes
from
the
wages
being
paid
to
the
many
extras
they
used
in
their
films.
The
Hindi
film
industry
has
been
deducting
2%
tax
from
the
wages
paid
to
extras
for
decades
now.
This
has
been
a
point
of
contention
with
the
IT
Department,
which
is
of
the
opinion
that
extras
are
'skilled'
people
and
therefore
they
should
be
taxed
at
10%.
According
to
a
report
by
Economic
Times,
other
production
houses
which
were
surveyed
by
the
IT
Department
were
Ritesh
Sidhwani
and
Farhan
Akhtar's
Excel
Entertainment,
Dinesh
Vijan's
Maddock
Films,
Luv
Films
by
Luv
Ranjan,
Ajay
Rai's
Jar
Pictures.
The
so-called
big
celebrities
of
the
industry
are
taxed
at
10%
as
they
are
considered
skilled
artists.
As
of
now,
no
final
decision
has
been
taken
regarding
taxation
for
extras.