Rupert Grint, the former Harry Potter actor,
has been ordered to pay HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) £1.8m as taxes lost in legal battle with the department.
The 36-year-old Ron Weasley actor was originally faced with the tax bill in 2019 after being investigated by the HMRC over one of his tax returns. Grint’s lawyers contended that one payment that he received ought to be taxed as a capital asset, which carries a considerably lower tax rate; HMRC contended that it should be treated as income and, thus, subject to a much higher rate.
That was the crux of the whole case: Grint received on behalf of the company he solely owned during the tax year of 2011-2012 4.5 million pounds. This payment was called “likely residual income and bonuses” from his work on the Harry Potter films.
He claimed payment should attract a flat capital gain tax rate of 10 percent rather than income tax plus national insurance at a top combined rate of 52 percent. Judge Harriet Morgan, however, dismissed his appeal, declaring the payment “derived substantially the whole of its value from the activities of Mr.
That is not the only tax-related legal loss for Grint. In 2019, he lost a case in which he contested a claim for tax repayment of £1m.
Grint starred in all 8 parts of Harry Potter over a span of ten years, from 2001 to 2011. He has featured in movies like Into the White and Knock at the Cabin as well as on television and theater. He has also starred for the last 4 years in the Servant series on Apple TV.