Dec 01, 2024 10:33 am IST
In the 2011–12 tax year, Rupert Grint had an income of £4.5 million. In 2019, HMRC said they should have been taxed as regular income.
Actor Rupert Grint, best known for playing Ron Weasley in Harry Potter, was ordered to pay £1.8 million in back taxes following a legal dispute. According to The GuardianThe dispute took place in 2019 with the UK’s taxation authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), when the authority asked him to pay the amount after raising questions on one of his tax returns. (Also Read | Harry Potter’s Padma and Ron reunite! Rupert Grint and Afshan Azad meet 20 years after their infamous Yule Ball date)
Rupert Court Case
In the 2011–12 tax year, Rupert had an income of £4.5 million. In 2019, HMRC said it should have been taxed as regular income rather than capital assets. Rupert said the payment was residual income and bonuses from the Harry Potter films. He was then the sole shareholder of the company, managing its business affairs.
Rupert’s lawyers claimed he should only pay capital gains tax, which would be 10 percent. HMRC said the money should be taxed as income with a tax rate of 52 per cent. The judge dismissed Rupert’s appeal, saying that the money “derived its entire value from Mr Grint’s activities”, having been “otherwise received” as income.
Rupert’s previous case
This is not the first time Rupert’s tax matters have been subject to court proceedings. In 2016, he lost another court case involving a £1 million tax refund. The judge then dismissed his appeal against the HMRC block. They had used the change in accounting dates to shield their earnings from the higher tax rate of 50 percent. The actor reportedly earned around £24 million from the Potter franchise.
About Rupert’s career
Rupert rose to fame with the Harry Potter film series. He was a part of all eight films starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).
He has also starred in Driving Lessons (2006), Cherrybomb (2009), Wild Target (2010), Into the White (2012), Charlie Countryman (2013), Moonwalkers (2015), and Knock at the Cabin (2023).
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