the former player English and current commentator BBCGary Lineker, won a legal dispute against the British tax authority, which asked for payment of 4.9 million pounds (R $ 31 million).
That was the amount that HM Revenue and Customs (the British tax authority) demanded for his activities as a presenter between 2013 and 2018, but which he did not have to pay, as the court accepted that Lineker was considered an employee of BBC and BT Sports and not autonomous, as there were contracts with these two channels.
“Thank you for all the congratulatory messages. I am pleased that the courts have confirmed my position that I did not fail to pay any tax,” tweeted the former player of the barcelona.
But the tax authority will appeal, a spokesman announced.
Lineker, 62, recently made headlines when he was removed from the show he has hosted since 1999, “Match of the Day”, after criticizing on Twitter a Conservative government bill that seeks to prevent migrants arriving across the English Channel from seeking asylum. to the United Kingdom, denounced at the UN.
This decision of BBC generated a wave of support for the former player and several network collaborators refused to appear on the programs.
Subsequently, the BBC reinstated Lineker, the highest-paid employee of the British state channel, which returned to present the program last weekend.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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