Loose Women star Kaye Adams expressed her horror earlier this year at the “behaviour” of HMRC following a long court battle.
Back in January, ITV host Kaye won a dispute over an alleged tax bill that took 10 years to resolve.
It was argued she was self-employed when hosting The Kaye Adams Programme on BBC Radio Scotland between 2013 and 2017.
But HMRC argued Kaye was an employee and owed thousands in unpaid taxes. However, freelancer Kaye won three cases against HMRC.
Loose Women host Kaye Adams beats the taxman
According to a MailOnline report at the time, HMRC decided not to appeal Kaye’s court victory. The department reportedly believed it would not be ‘proportionate’ to contest the decision again.
Legislation introduced in 2000 known as IR35 was designed to clamp down on tax avoidance by ‘disguised employees’.
It is meant to make it harder for contractors working practically as employees to pay less tax.
In regards to Kaye, HMRC officials had claimed that she was an employee and owed thousands in unpaid taxes.
But Kaye appealed to the First Tier Tax Tribunal. She won her first case in April 2019. Three more hearings followed, with a court ruling in November 2023 she was a freelance worker.
An HMRC spokesperson reportedly told MailOnline: “Given this litigation has been ongoing for a number of years and the First Tier Tribunal does not set binding legal precedents, we don’t think it would be proportionate to appeal in this case.
“We always seek to resolve disputes out of court first and only take action to litigate where this isn’t possible.”
Kaye’s statement
Meanwhile, in a statement to freelancers’
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