BBC presenter made to pay £420,000 in HMRC clampdown https://t.co/0ik7nXT4ww pic.twitter.com/Cp3Vo42icF
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Former BBC Look North presenter Christa Ackroyd is facing a tax bill of up to £420,000 after losing a legal battle with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Ms Ackroyd and HMRC were in dispute over the nature of her BBC contract and whether she had paid too little tax.
She was one of a number of people employed by the BBC via personal service companies.
Ruling against her, a tax tribunal said HMRC had “never suggested” she was a tax cheat or had acted dishonestly.
Ms Ackroyd said the ruling had brought an end to “five horrendous years of innuendo and gossip” surrounding her financial affairs.
A BBC spokesman said the use of personal service companies was “entirely legitimate and common practice across the industry”.