Eamonn Holmes is facing a whopping £250,000 tax bill after losing a case to HMRC over how he is paid.
The 60-year-old This Morning host reportedly told the taxman he is a freelancer and received payments via his own company, despite working for ITV.
However HM Revenue & Customs is cracking down on the practice, which can lead to lower taxes being paid, according to Mail Online.
Eamonn says that HMRC have "reinvented the rules" and may target other highly paid TV stars.
The telly presenter has denied tax fraud but owes as much as £250,000 to HMRC, according to sources for the publication.
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A spokesman for the star said he "has always considered himself a self-employed freelancer and has never knowingly avoided paying taxes".
They added that Eamonn was "seeking to comprehend what this means" and wished for "clarity and consistency across the guidelines" so others don't "suffer the same confusion" over the rulings.
HMRC said it "welcomes the judgement" as it oversees how TV stars are paid as freelancers, to make sure employees are paying "employment taxes" even if they are working for their own company.
Eamonn became stuck in a legal war in 2018 when tax chiefs chased him for unpaid taxes.
At the time, he said he was a "test case" for the new campaign, claiming if they won against him they'd go after other celebrities.
BBC stars were already targeted by HMRC during that time. It said they are employees and therefore have to pay income tax and national insurance payments.
Eamonn said previously: "I was in a court in central London for a week in June. I've been freelance for 28 years and that's been okay.
"Now they've said it's not okay. They have reinvented the rules in the past couple of years.
"There is nobody more freelance than me, but they are trying to prove our jobs are regular and guaranteed. They could go at any moment."
Other stars that have been hit with huge tax bills include ex BBC presenter Christa Ackroyd, who was hit with £420,000 in 2018.
Fellow ITV star Lorraine Kelly escaped a £1.2 million tax bill after a judge said she had too much control over her shows to count as a "servant" of the channel.
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