The
Madras
High
court
reportedly
issued
a
notice
to
composer
AR
Rahman
today
(September
11).
The
notice
was
issued
on
an
appeal
filed
by
the
Income
Tax
department,
which
stated
that
AR
Rahman
had
evaded
tax
in
an
individual
capacity
by
allegedly
transferring
his
remuneration
of
Rs
3.47
crore
to
his
charitable
trust.
According
to
a
report
in
India
Today,
the
IT
department
stated
that
it
has
found
discrepancies
in
Rahman's
tax
filing
for
the
year
2011-12.
The
report
also
revealed
that
Income
Tax
Department
moved
the
Madras
HC
as
the
Indian
composer
had
routed
a
remuneration
of
Rs
3.47
crore
to
AR
Rahman
Foundation.
The
IT
department
counsel
said
the
income
taxable
to
the
individual
has
to
be
received
in
his
account.
The
amount
can
be
moved
to
any
charitable
trust
after
the
deduction
of
income-tax,
however
the
huge
sum
of
AR
Rahman's
salary
after
composing
ringtones
for
a
UK-based
company
called
Libra
mobiles
was
directed
to
a
fund.
AR
Rahman
had
a
three-year
contract
with
the
company.
A
division
bench
of
Justice
TS
Sivagnanam
and
Justice
V
Bhavani
Subbaroyan
had
sent
the
notice
to
AR
Rahman.
The
GST
council
claims
Rahman
is
liable
to
pay
taxes
on
the
earned
income
by
composing
for
movies
and
receiving
royalties
for
his
music
work,
and
had
failed
to
do
the
same.
According
to
reports,
in
February,
Madras
HC
had
granted
an
interim
stay
on
the
order
passed
by
Commissioner
of
Goods
and
Services
Tax
(GST)
and
Central
Excise
(CE)
asking
the
composer
to
pay
a
sum
of
Rs
6.79
crore
as
arrear
and
an
additional
penalty
of
Rs
6.79
crore.