During the mid 2010s, Vine was being paid through his limited company, but HMRC said he should have been classed as an employee for income tax and national insurance contributions

Vine is expected to appear at the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) after appealing the assessments into his tax affairs dating back over 10 years.

At a procedural hearing Vine’s personal services company, Jelly Vine Productions, appealed to the FTT against the HMRC assessment for income tax and NICs under Income Tax (Earnings & Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA 2003) and the Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) Regulations 2000.

The value of the HMRC assessment was not disclosed in the tribunal papers but at the time Vine was earning around £700,000 a year for his BBC work.