Jamie Carragher avoids bankruptcy after settling tax bill

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 13:08 · Archive

Jamie Carragher has avoided bankruptcy after settling an unpaid tax bill with HMRC.

Judge Nicholas Briggs dismissed a bankruptcy petition against former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher at the Insolvency and Companies Court on Tuesday. Kevin Hassan from HMRC confirmed that an outstanding unpaid tax bill had been settled, prompting the dismissal. The petition had been filed in August.

No exact figure for the unpaid tax bill was disclosed during the hearing, and no further details about the circumstances behind the original debt emerged. When the petition was first reported months ago, a spokesperson for Carragher said the matter was 'a private tax matter that should have been resolved sooner' and that 'appropriate steps' were being taken to settle it.

Carragher spent his entire professional football career at Liverpool before retiring in 2013. He has since become one of the UK's most prominent television football pundits, working for Sky Sports and forming a partnership with former Manchester United captain Gary Neville on 'Monday Night Football'.

How it is being reported

• Jamie Carragher avoids bankruptcy after settling unpaid tax bill 'of up to £800,000' with HMRCCarragher, from Merseyside, spent his entire professional career with Liverpool and was part of the squad who won the Champions League in 2005.Daily Mail Sport · 13 Oct, 13:27
• Jamie Carragher avoids bankruptcy after settling unpaid tax billJamie Carragher has avoided bankruptcy after settling an unpaid tax bill, with a judge dismissing the petition against the former Liverpool defender in courtIndependent Sport · 13 Oct, 12:48
• Jamie Carragher learns bankruptcy fate as HMRC issue update on his petitionJamie Carragher saw a bankruptcy petition filed against him by HMRC in August, with a fresh update landing on the former Liverpool defender's situationThe Mirror · 13 Oct, 12:21

In this story: Jamie Carragher · HMRC · Judge Nicholas Briggs · Liverpool · Insolvency and Companies Court

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