![]() Lineker insists all taxes were paid on the income through a partnership set up in 2012 with his ex-wife Danielle Bux and is appealing against the demand. HMRC pursued him for the sum that it claimed should have been paid on income received between 20. Mr Lineker disagrees. Last month a preliminary hearing in London was told Lineker has now paid the income tax bill in full but he is appealing. The tax man believes that Lineker should be treated as an employee by the BBC because he does so much regular work for them, meaning the star should pay more to the treasury. Mr Lineker is currently appealing in the courts after HMRC pursued him for £4.9million under IR35 legislation - rules designed to stop contractors working as 'disguised employees'. Gary with his four lookalike sons in 2013: Harry, Angus, George and Tobias (left to right) We don't really know what the boundaries are in terms of growth. Who knows? Life's thrown many things at me. ![]() He told The New Statesman last year when asked if he might work on Goalhanger full time: 'Maybe. He has three years left on his lucrative BBC deal - but with calls for him to be sacked over his tweets, it may not hit him that hard financially he moved on. Last year Lineker hailed the 'incredible growth' of the podcast arm, which is now signed up with global entertainment agency WME, even admitting that he could leave the BBC to work on it full time. Eldest son George is co-founder of Your Business Number, Angus is a business development manager and Tobias is a DJ. Gary's son Harry works for his dad's business, which has a growing list of hits including, you guessed it, Gary's own Match of the Day: Top Ten show with Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Ian Wright and others. The Goalhanger stable also includes The Rest Is Politics, hosted by Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, and The Rest Is History, presented by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook - the latter widely considered as one of the UK's best podcasts. He is also believed to own a property in Surrey where he has hosted at least two refugees. His first shows were recorded at the kitchen table of his £4.8m Victorian property in Barnes, south west London. That's an expensive business'.Īnd it is Goalhanger's burgeoning podcast business that is predicted to make him even richer. He said recently 'I've been married twice. He divorced from his second wife, Danielle Bux, six years ago. Lineker has four sons with his first wife, Michelle: Angus, 24, Tobias, 26, Harry, 28, and the eldest George, who is 30. The footballer turned broadcaster has amassed much of his fortune since starting at the BBC in the mid-1990s - but insists he does not fear leaving over the row where he compared Tory policy on migrants in boats to Nazi Germany.Īnd MailOnline can reveal that he has close to ten other income streams with four years until the twice-married father-of-four hits retirement age - although a legal battle with HMRC over a £4.9million tax bill looms large in 2023. ![]() The 62-year-old is the highest-paid 'talent' at the Corporation but as the Beeb considers standing by him yet again over his highly-political tweets, experts are pondering if another reprieve is a clear sign they need him much more than he needs them. Gary Lineker earns £1.36-million-a-year from the BBC for Match of the Day, Sports Personality of the Year and other shows in a near three-decade broadcasting career that has helped him build a £26million nest egg.
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