Rupert Grint has been ordered to pay another USD$3.9m in tax.
The Harry Potter actor, 36, is said to be worth NZD$87.3m after his appearances in the wizard-themed movie franchise, but it has now emerged there has been another bank balance-busting development in his long-running legal battle with HMRC over his tax return from the 2011-12 financial year.
Best known for portraying Ron Weasley in the film adaptations of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books, the actor previously lost his fight with the taxman in 2019 and was ordered to pay the huge sum following a probe into his return from 13 years ago.
It came after the star was given NZD$9.8m from a company which managed his business affairs as “consideration for rights, records and goodwill” from his work.
Grint said it was a “capital asset” and should be the subject of capital gains taxation.
But HMRC said the cash should have been registered as income and their investigation concluded the actor needed to pay another USD$3,931,425 in tax.
Source: NZ Herald
