Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
ONE DIRECTION have resolved a whopping £24.7million tax row over an “alphabet scheme” that’s been hanging over the lads for five years, new accounts show.
Paperwork for 1D Media Limited — controlled by Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan — has referred to the legal dispute since 2016.
But figures just published for the company make no mention of the issue — suggesting the problem has now been resolved. It is not clear if they have paid any of the disputed money to HMRC or if tax chiefs have backed down.
We revealed in March 2016 how the bandmates were in a legal wrangle which could have cost them up to £24.7million. It came after the stars turned their shares in 1D Media into an “alphabet” structure, which is frowned upon.
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