Harry Potter author JK Rowling is paying £47.5m a year, translating to around £130k a day, after her comments on Emma Watson.
The Scottish writer created the Wizarding World, penning all seven books and overseeing the subsequent film franchise.
Recently, Ms Rowling criticised actress and current Oxford University student, Ms Watson, who played Hermione Granger in all eight Harry Potter movies.
The author made a statement on the social media site X, addressing the 35-year-old’s comments made on a recent podcast.
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Emma Watson and JK Rowling. (Image: Ian West / PA)
Now, Ms Rowling has been named 36th in The Sunday Times Tax List, which is a list of the top 100 UK taxpayers.
The list has revealed that the 60-year-old is paying around £47.5 million a year in tax, which converts to roughly £130,000 a day.
She is accompanied on the list by the likes of singer Ed Sheeran and boxer Anthony Joshua, as well as footballers Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah.
Robert Watts, who compiled the list, said: “The Sunday Times Tax List features household names as well as some of our economy’s hidden heroes, quietly successful entrepreneurs who have set up companies employing hundreds of people and plugging vast sums into the public finances.
“This is an increasingly diverse list with Premier League footballers and world-famous pop stars lining up alongside aristocrats and business owners selling pies, pillows and baby milk.
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Emma Watson. (Image: PA)
“This year there’s been a big jump in the amount of tax we’ve identified — largely because of higher corporation tax rates.
“All of the 100 individuals and families who appear delivered at least £11 million to the Exchequer over the past year. Fourteen of the entries paid at least £100 million.”
This comes after Harry Potter author JK Rowling accused Ms Watson of being “ignorant” last September amid their ongoing row over transgender views.
Ms Watson and her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint have publicly backed transgender rights in the past few years, distancing themselves from Ms Rowling, who has criticised the actors in response.
The 60-year-old writer has previously been accused of transphobia for her views on gender identity, which she denies.
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Author JK Rowling.
In a lengthy post on X, Ms Rowling said: “Like other people who’ve never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is.
“I’d be astounded if she’s been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her ‘public bathroom’ is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door.”
The multimillionaire author said that “I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous” and therefore “understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women’s rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges”.
Ms Rowling made her latest comments in response to Ms Watson discussing their relationship on Jay Shetty’s mental health podcast.
The actress said: “I think it’s my deepest wish that I hope people who don’t agree with my opinion will love me, and I hope I can keep loving people whom I don’t necessarily share the same opinion with.”