Quote Originally Posted by stewarty27 View Post
Your not getting this at all are you. There needs to be a judgement on his employment status before the proper tax levy can be levelled. HMRC think he should pay Lineker and his advisers think he shouldn't. Why would anyone pay more tax than they need to ? Would you ? we are talking the difference of 5M here. There is absolutely no tax avoidance here but purely a dispute. Either way you and his detractors are playing diverting game the issue at hand is can Lineker comment on humanitarian issues as an employee of the BBC and whether there is a huge hypocrisy issue.
I’m sure Lineker and his advisors claimed there was no tax avoidance when he had to pay unpaid taxes the last time. So Lineker can comment on humanitarian issues but never does only refugees and govt policy. If Lineker wants to dish it out he can take it