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Shah Rukh Khan has set a record of sorts by paying an advance tax of a whopping Rs 27 crore in December 2007 putting his income for 2007-08 at around Rs 150 crore.

Its has been a huge jump from the money he made the previous fiscal when he paid a modest Rs 18 crore in tax.

2007 has been a great year for SRK, for he not only had two mega hits under his belt - Chak De India and Om Shanti Om , which he also produced - but also earned Rs 1 crore for every episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Akshay Kumar, who has given four hits in a row this year, is in second place, his advance tax returns amount to Rs seven crore.

The Bachchans are in third, fourth and fifth place. While the Big B has filed returns of Rs 1.8 crore, son Abhishek has submitted 3.7 crore, while Aishwarya's advance tax returns total Rs 1.6 crore.

Hrithik Roshan , who paid Rs 15 crore last year, had no releases in 2007 though his endorsement list has grown longer. Aamir Khan , who paid Rs 6 crore last year, released only one film, Taare Zameen Par , and is known to have taken the distribution rights as part of his remuneration. He has paid advance taxes worth Rs 3 crore.

Himesh Reshammiya has been singing all the way to the bank and he has also paid a whopping Rs 2.5 crore as advance tax.