DIY SOS star Nick Knowles is reportedly facing a ‘six-figure’ tax bill in the latest blow for the TV presenter, who is embroiled in a public divorce battle with his estranged wife.
Nick is just one of the BBC’s big names whose affairs are being investigated by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs.
Stars at the corporation set up personal service companies and registered as self-employed to pay less tax and it is understood Nick is one of the employees being probed.
DIY SOS star Nick Knowles is currently embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with his estranged wife – and is now reportedly facing a ‘six-figure’ tax bill
Nick, pictured here with his ex Jessica Rose Moor in 2012, is one of the BBC’s big names being probed by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
A source told the Daily Star on Sunday: ‘I know his first tax instalment will be around £60k – and that’s just for starters.’
Nick’s tax headache comes as his bitter divorce is played out in public.
The 55-year-old’s marriage to Jessica Rose Moor, 30, broke down and he is now in a relationship with Rebecca Kearns, 25.
His former partner claims Nick pulled funding for their three-year-old son Eddie’s private school education.
And she is reportedly asking for more than £48,000 a year from him.
Last month, former BBC star Christa Ackroyd lost a five-year battle with HM Revenue & Customs over a £419,000 tax demand for earnings that had gone through a so-called personal service company.
The 55-year-old’s marriage to Jessica Rose Moor, 30, broke down. She is reportedly asking for more than £48,000 a year from him
Spokesmen for both Nick and the BBC declined to comment on his tax affairs
It meant the Look North anchor was treated by the BBC as self-employed rather than a member of staff, and paid a much lower rate of tax for years.
The tax tribunal ruled that Miss Ackroyd should have paid the same level of tax as a BBC employee and was liable for the bill.
HMRC said, however, that she should not be criticised as she had been encouraged by the BBC to claim her salary through a personal service company.
Spokesmen for both Nick and the BBC declined to comment on his tax affairs.