Latest media personality loses IR35 case

Footballer turned TV pundit, Phil Thompson, is the latest media personality to fall foul of HMRC's IR35 challenges.

Former Liverpool footballer and Sky Sports pundit, Phil Thompson, lost his appeal against an IR35 case just before Christmas. He now faces tax and National Insurance liabilities of nearly £300,000.

Thompson is the latest in a long line of TV presenters and celebrities who have been targeted by HMRC - with mixed outcomes.

This ruling was reached at a First-Tier Tax Tribunal by tribunal judge Richard Chapman QC and follows an earlier ruling from 2019 which also went in HMRC's favour.