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This Morning's Eamonn Holmes takes HMRC to court over £250,000 tax bill

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Eamonn Holmes is taking HMRC to court over a £250,000 tax bill. The This Morning presenter, 60, was hit with the bill back in February after losing a case against the taxman over how he is paid.

At the time he claimed he was a freelancer, and received payments from ITV through his limited company, called Red, White and Green, which reduces his tax bill.

But the taxman argues that TV presenters are employees and so should pay income tax and national insurance. This means they must pay up to 45 per cent tax and not 18 per cent corporation tax.

Eamonn has now filed to take HM Revenue and Customs to court over the bill, according to The Sun. He has said he was a test case and that others such as Ant and Dec may be targeted if he lost The TV

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