Danny Batey

Danny Batey’s career in tax began 25 years ago with the Contributions Agency and then with Employer Compliance at HMRC before moving into private practice. For the last 20 years, he has been a senior consultant within two leading status consultancies. Danny’s specialism is defending clients in HMRC IR35 off-payroll and tax status disputes; he has defended hundreds of contractors without losing a case.

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The IR35 offset issue and why it matters

Hunt can spare the overburdened tax tribunals a job on Wednesday. If not, he’ll just add to the off-payroll problems storing up for the future.

10th March, 2023 | Comment

IR35: A contractor’s overview to personal service

Successfully denying ‘personal service’ to HMRC is about much more than just having a substitution clause.

7th February, 2023 | IR35

IR35 timeline: how it has changed since it came into force in 2000

Next week’s Autumn Budget could add another twist or turn to the Intermediaries legislation’s already bumpy journey.

9th November, 2022 | IR35

What does Outside IR35 mean?

Explainer for contractors on not being caught by the Intermediaries legislation.

4th November, 2022 | IR35

What does Inside IR35 mean?

A refresher on what being caught by the Intermediaries legislation (or the off-payroll rules), really means.

31st October, 2022 | IR35

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