Service Tax Department officials visit Govinda's home

The recent weeks have seen a number of Bollywood folks being called on by the Service Tax Department.
The latest to join the list is Govinda, whose Juhu home was visited by the officials on Tuesday afternoon. The actor was shooting for the Thuppakki remake with Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha at a five-star hotel in Juhu, when he got a call informing him of their visit. He apparently rushed home to sort out the issue and returned to the shoot only after an hour or so.

When contacted, Sameer Wankhede, Deputy Commissioner, Anti-Evasion, Service Tax Department, confirmed the news. "We have a list of people registered with the department. And while checking documents, we found that Mr Govinda had a liability of 11 lakh. That's why we visited his home," he said, adding that service tax has been made applicable in Bollywood since 2012.
Sources tell us that initially, the actor had no liability as he wasn't doing any films in the interim. But after he signed on a couple of projects, he had to pay the appropriate tax.
According to Wankhede, Govinda was to clear his dues yesterday.