Overview

• Rupert Grint, best known for playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, has been ordered to pay £1.8 million in taxes following a legal battle with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
• The dispute centered on £4.5 million in residual earnings from the Harry Potter franchise during the 2011-12 tax year, which Grint's legal team argued should be taxed as a capital asset at a lower rate.
• Judge Harriet Morgan ruled that the earnings were derived from Grint's professional activities and should be taxed as income, subject to a higher rate of up to 52%.
• This is not Grint's first tax-related legal issue; he previously lost a case in 2016 over a £1 million tax refund tied to accounting date changes.
• Grint, who earned an estimated £24 million from the Harry Potter series, has since appeared in various film, TV, and theater projects, including the Apple TV+ series 'Servant'.