Lily Allen forced to sell £4.2 million mansion after being hit by hefty tax bill
It was previously thought she was selling up after marriage break down
LILY Allen has been forced to sell her £4.2 million mansion in order to pay for her tax bill.
The 31-year-old singer made the admission, in a now deleted tweet, telling fans: “I’ve had a tough couple of years, I’m having to sell my home to pay my tax bill.”
The Sheezus hitmaker had been living in the sprawling Gloucestershire pad with her estranged husband Sam Cooper and their daughter’s Ethel and Marnie.
Lily – who also tweeted and then deleted that ‘private equity managers, tax experts and hedge funders been looking’ at her situation – is now believed to be living in London.
Sam is thought to have moved out of the six bedroom Grade II-listed 350-year-old home last year.
It was previously thought the former couple had put the house on the market as they went their separate ways – however it’s now been revealed that money was at the centre of the decision.
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According to the Lily failed to file accounts for her company In The Name Of Songs- and it is currently in the process of being struck off.
They report that on top of that another of her companies has dissolved, one is dormant and another filed just £3,000 in profit.
The star is hoping to have a change of luck with a new album – which she is believed to be recording with the help of her new boyfriend Daniel London.
Her previous album had a mixed reception with just one song from it – Sheezus – managing to hit the top spot.
She’s also enlisted the help of Mark Ronson, who told the Sun that the new album has been inspired by heartbreak.
He said: “We’ve been writing together again on the new record. I feel like they are some of the best songs she’s written. Her voice sounds incredible. The stuff I’m working on is some of her most honest and heartbreaking music ever. She writes so honestly you can feel it.”
Lily's rep declined to comment when contacted by the Sun Online.
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