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- Records
Can I keep using Excel or a spreadsheet for MTD?
How a spreadsheet and bridging software can work together, and what digital links mean.
- Records
Do I have to scan every receipt or connect my bank?
The difference between a digital transaction record, a receipt image and a bank feed.
- Eligibility
Does my salary count if I also have a side business?
PAYE income and qualifying income are different. Understand the threshold before buying software.
- Eligibility
What if using digital software is not reasonable for me?
Digital exclusion, how to apply to HMRC, and why being unfamiliar with software is not an automatic exemption.
- Software
My software is stuck. Who can help?
A missing submit button, a connection problem or an update you cannot confirm: what to check and who can help.
- Submissions
Do Making Tax Digital quarterly updates mean paying tax every quarter?
No. A quarterly update is a summary of your income and expenses, not a tax return or a bill. When you actually pay, and what HMRC sees.
- Eligibility
HMRC says it has signed you up for Making Tax Digital: what to do
From September 2026 HMRC is signing people up for MTD for Income Tax. The four steps to take after the letter, and what to do if your income has stopped.
- Submissions
How to check HMRC received your quarterly update
Where to look in your HMRC online account to confirm a Making Tax Digital quarterly update arrived, and what else the account shows.
- Landlords
Making Tax Digital for jointly owned property
Only your share of the rent counts towards the threshold, and joint landlords can send income only in their quarterly updates. The rules, with HMRC's own example.
- Software
Free Making Tax Digital software: what is really free
HMRC lists dozens of MTD for Income Tax products with a free version. What we found on the vendors' own pages, including the conditions.
- Software
Can I send Making Tax Digital updates on HMRC's website?
No. HMRC does not provide MTD software. What you can use instead, including keeping your spreadsheet and adding bridging software.
- Eligibility
Can you stop using Making Tax Digital? Opting out and ceasing
When HMRC lets you opt out of MTD for Income Tax, with its own example, and what happens if all your self-employment and property income stops.
- Working together
Using an accountant or bookkeeper for Making Tax Digital
What a main agent and a supporting agent can do for you under MTD for Income Tax, how many you can have, and how to remove one. From HMRC's guidance.
- Submissions
No income this quarter? You still send the update
You must send a Making Tax Digital quarterly update even if you had no income or expenses in the period. Plus when you can send early.
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