RICHARD EDEN: New trauma for Holly Willoughby as taxman seeks to close her company
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She's endured two torrid years since it first emerged that her co-presenter Phillip Schofield had pursued an affair with a much younger male colleague who was only 15 when Schofield first encountered him. Things then became much grimmer for Holly Willoughby when she learned that she was the subject of a kidnap and murder plot – prompting her to step down from ITV’s This Morning for her own safety.
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And just as it seemed the presenter had put that awful time behind her – bolstered by reports ITV is eager to offer her a new £1million deal – I can reveal that she now faces another ordeal. For Holly, 43, is in the sights of the taxman. Indeed, this week HMRC opened fire by issuing a winding-up petition against Roxy Media, the company which Holly and her husband, television producer Dan Baldwin, 49, set up in 2008.
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It is an intriguing development. Roxy Media owed £330,000 in corporation tax, as was recorded in its most recently submitted accounts. However, one of Holly’s representatives tells me that no informed comment can be made at this stage. HMRC issued a winding-up petition against Roxy Media, the company which Holly and her husband, television producer Dan Baldwin, 46, set up back in 2008.
Phillip Schofield had pursued an affair with a much younger male colleague who was only 15 when Schofield first encountered him. Gavin Plumb who was jailed over a plot to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby. A financial expert surmises that the confrontation may arise from differing interpretations of Holly’s tax status.
