Eamonn Holmes | TV star loses IR35 tax case

Journalist Eamonn Holmes may be hit with a £250,000 bill by HM Revenue and Customs, the Daily Mail has reported.

Despite claiming he was a freelancer and receiving payments via his company, the ITV This Morning host lost his case against the taxman.

Sources have since revealed that Holmes now owes £250,000 in taxes on top of the payments he has already made.

A spokesperson for the presenter claimed that he ‘has always considered himself a self-employed freelancer and has never knowingly avoided paying taxes’.