Stuart Barnes to pay £700,000 in back taxes after HMRC converts IR35 appeal
Rugby union personality Stuart Barnes must pay £700,000 in back taxes after an appeals tribunal ruled he had been operating as an employee of Sky when working on television.
Former England international Barnes played most of his club rugby at Bath and became a high-profile media figure after he retired from playing.
He had two contracts with Sky over a six-year period from 2013 through his company S&L Barnes. However HMRC believed this was covered by IR35 legislation, which meant he should have been taxed on his income as i... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
