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Gary Lineker targeted by HMRC over £4.9m tax bill
famously claiming she was playing the role of ‘a friendly, chatty and fun personality’.A recent decision by a tax tribunal over Adams in the presenter’s favour could also be used in Lineker’s hearing, where she showed that her business interests were wide and varied.Andy Chamberlain, director of policy at the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE), said the self-employment tax rules – known as IR35 – were needlessly complex.He explained: ‘HMRC are on very uncertain ground here – they’ve lost several of these cases, including the recent Kaye Adams case at the Upper Tier Tribunal which could have a bearing on the outcome of this case.‘The problem here is not that Mr Lineker has done something wrong, or that HMRC