There are no brownie points for the taking but Indian cricket star Virat Kohli happens to be the highest tax-paying sportsperson in India, as most would have guessed without a fuss. It's a 9-digit number that Kohli has paid in taxes in the financial year which ended in March 2024 as per Fortune India list. 660000000- that's how much Kohli paid in taxes this year.
Struggling to do the math? It's 66 crore that Kohli has paid as taxes as he features fifth on the celebrity taxpayers list and first among sportspersons in India, a number which nearly double than that of MS Dhoni who paid Rs 38 crore in taxes. Sachin Tendulkar paid Rs 28 crore in taxes, 11 years after his international retirement while Sourav Ganguly also features in the list, having paid Rs 23 crore as taxes in the year. All-rounder Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant also featured in the list, paying Rs 13 crore and Rs 10 crore respectively in this list.
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Full list of highest taxpaying Indian Sportsperson (Source: Fortune India)
Virat Kohli- Rs 66 crore
Mahendra Singh Dhoni- Rs 38 crore
Sachin Tendulkar- Rs 28 crore
Sourav Ganguly- Rs 23 crore
Hardik Pandya- Rs13 crore
Rishabh Pant- Rs 10 crore
Rohit Sharma Nowhere Close To Virat Kohli In Highest Taxpaying Indian Sportsperson List
Rohit Sharma is nowhere close to Virat Kohli in HIGHEST taxpaying Indian sportsperson list. In the Fortune India List, only 6 cricketers feature in the highest taxpaying celebrities list. Rohit is not one of them which suggests that the taxes that he paid this year are less than Rs 10 crore.
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Even two retired Indian cricket stars Tendulkar and Ganguly feature in the list but India's T20 World Cup-winning captain is nowhere to be seen for now. The overall celebrity list is topped by Shah Rukh Khan who paid Rs 92 crore as taxes in the 2023-24 financial year.