Rupert Grint has lost a 2019 battle against HM Revenue and Customs, with the star ordered to pay a staggering £1.8m.

Former Harry Potter star Rupert Grint, known for playing Ronald Weasley, has been ordered to pay 1.8 million Pounds in taxes after losing a legal battle with HMRC.

Rupert Grint has been ordered to pay an extra £1.8 million in tax after losing a court battle with HM Revenue and Customs.

Rupert Grint, globally known as Ron Weasley from Harry Potter series, has been ordered to pay a heavy sum as he has lost his legal dispute with HM Revenue & Cutoms, involving tax return. Back

Rupert Grint, best known for playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series, has lost a legal battle with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and been ordered to pay £1.8m in taxes. The dispute centered on a £4.5m payment Grint received during the 2011-2012 tax year from a company managing his business, where he was the sole shareholder.

The former Harry Potter star is ordered to pay the sum after losing a tax appeal.

The Harry Potter star has been in a legal dispute with HMRC following an investigation into his tax return from the 2011-12 tax year.

Grint, who played Ron Weasley, was ordered to pay the sum in 2019 after HMRC launched an investigation into his tax return from the 2011-12 tax year. | ITV National News

A court case against Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in Harry Potter, just cost him over $2 million of what he made for his famous role.

Mr Grint starred in the first Harry Potter film in 2001 as a teenager and is calculated to have earned around £24 million from playing Ron Weasley