Take That’s Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald face £20 million bill after tax avoidance scheme

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by Ellie Henman |
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Take That stars Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald are reportedly set to be hit with an ENORMOUS £20 million tax bill.

The stars are claimed to have invested the amount in a company![], Icebreaker Management, which a court has now ruled is, in fact, an ‘artificial tax shelter’.

The judge in the case claimed the scheme was “known and understand by all concerned to be, a tax avoidance scheme” and the overriding reason for any investment in it, would have been “to achieve![] a tax saving”.

They could now be made to repay HM Revenue and Customs the full amount.

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By using the scheme, it’s alleged the trio were about to avoid tax on around £63 million, which came from CD sales![] and world tours.

It’s thought the *Shine *singers are amongst another 1000 people, who contributed in the scheme.

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