About Tax Avoidance
Tax avoidance is the legal usage of the tax regime in a single territory to one's own advantage to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law. Tax sheltering is very similar, although unlike tax avoidance tax sheltering is not necessarily legal.
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Gary Lineker wins appeal over £4. 9m tax bill
By Emma SaundersEntertainment reporter
Sports presenter Gary Lineker has won his appeal against HMRC over a £4. 9m tax bill.
The UK tax authority pursued The Star over taxes on income from both The Bbc and Bt Sport from 2013 to 2014 and 2017 to 2018.
Lineker presents BBC's Match of The Day and used to also work for Bt Sport .
HMRC said he was an employee of both broadcasters but a judge has now ruled he was a freelancer and had contracts with both broadcasters.
" The effect of my conclusions is that because there were direct contracts, between The Bbc and Mr Lineker and Bt Sport and Mr Lineker, the intermediaries legislation (IR35) does not, and cannot as a matter of law, apply, " Tribunal Judge Brooks said in a statement.
" Accordingly, and notwithstanding GLM (Gary Lineker Media) being a partnership, that is The End of The Matter and The Appeal succeeds. "
IR35 is designed to clampdown on Tax Avoidance by so-called disguised employees, who charge for their services via limited companies.
Throughout proceedings, the presenter, 62, insisted all taxes were paid on the income via a partnership (GLM) Set Up in 2012 with his ex-wife Danielle Bux .
HMRC has 56 days to appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) if it wishes to do so.
Lineker hit the headlines earlier this month when he was taken off air by The Bbc over a tweet criticising government asylum policy.
He later returned to Match of The Day after The Bbc 's director general Tim Davie said an independent review of Social Media guidelines would be carried out.
Mr Davie denied accusations that The Bbc had backed down.
Lineker, a former Leicester, Tottenham and England striker, has hosted Match of The Day since 1999 and is The Bbc 's highest paid star, having earned about £1. 35m in 2020-21.
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