LONDON: Two presenters of program Match of the Day have been landed with tax bills totalling more than £4.5 million after investing in an alleged tax avoidance scheme. Three other experts on the BBC’s primetime football show have also poured money into tax break schemes that have been investigated by Revenue & Customs.
The contributors Gary Lineker, Robbie Savage, Martin Keown and Danny Murphy put money in film investment schemes set up by Ingenious Media Partners. HMRC believes that the schemes, which helped to finance Life of Pi and Avatar, constitute “contrived” tax shelters.
