MTD for Income Tax Guidance & Advice

Explore our guides outlining everything you need to know about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for IT).

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Explained

How bookkeepers can support those impacted by MTD for IT

We explore how bookkeepers can support those impacted by HMRC’s MTD for IT initiative.

How bookkeepers can support with MTD for IT
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Understanding Changes to Self Assessment

Making Tax Digital Guides for Landlords

Landlords earning above £50,000 a year from business and property will need to sign up to MTD for IT from April 2026.

Understanding MTD for landlords

Read our FAQs exploring what Making Tax Digital means for landlords in practical terms.

View our MTD for landlords FAQs

A guide to Self Assessment for landlords

Here’s your complete guide to understanding how to manage Self Assessment as a landlord.

Read our Self Assessment for landlords guide

MTD Support for Accountants & Bookkeepers

Our resources will help you prepare your clients and practice for IT, outlining how to segment your clients and market your practice.

Hear how our partners are preparing for IT

Accountants and bookkeepers using Xero share their stories on why it’s vital to start preparing for MTD for IT early.

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I love the fact that Xero is thinking ahead and there is often a solution to these things quite a long time before it’s legally required. Being ahead of the game just takes a lot of the stress out of the whole change.

David Munro, MD, Munro & Partners

Understanding Basis Period Reform

Learn about HMRC’s basis period reform and how it could impact self-employed individuals and partnerships.

A guide to basis period reform
Basis period reform

Your MTD for IT questions answered

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for IT) is part of the government’s plans to digitalise the UK tax system. From 2026, MTD for Income Tax will impact the way sole traders and landlords with a total business or property income above £50,000 per year manage their tax obligations. Those earning above £30,000 will follow in 2027.

Learn more about MTD for Income Tax

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for IT) is part of the government’s plans to digitalise the UK tax system. From 2026, MTD for Income Tax will impact the way sole traders and landlords with a total business or property income above £50,000 per year manage their tax obligations. Those earning above £30,000 will follow in 2027.

Learn more about MTD for Income Tax

Businesses, self-employed people and landlords with a total income (from business or property) above £50,000 will need to follow MTD rules for IT from April 2026. Those earning more than £30,000 will need to join the MTD for IT system in 2027. Instead of using HMRC’s website to file returns, you’ll need to keep digital records and use compatible software.

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Businesses, self-employed people and landlords with a total income (from business or property) above £50,000 will need to follow MTD rules for IT from April 2026. Those earning more than £30,000 will need to join the MTD for IT system in 2027. Instead of using HMRC’s website to file returns, you’ll need to keep digital records and use compatible software.

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From April 2026, landlords earning above £50,000 annually will need to change the way they record income and expenses under Making Tax Digital for Income Tax rules. Landlords earning more than £30,000 each year will follow in 2027. They will also need to change the way they submit tax returns.

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From April 2026, landlords earning above £50,000 annually will need to change the way they record income and expenses under Making Tax Digital for Income Tax rules. Landlords earning more than £30,000 each year will follow in 2027. They will also need to change the way they submit tax returns.

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In the space of one tax year, you’ll need to send HMRC four cumulative quarterly updates using your MTD-compatible software. You’ll also need to send a ‘Final Declaration’ by January 31st. This replaces the current annual self-assessment.

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In the space of one tax year, you’ll need to send HMRC four cumulative quarterly updates using your MTD-compatible software. You’ll also need to send a ‘Final Declaration’ by January 31st. This replaces the current annual self-assessment.

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MTD for Corporation Tax is unlikely to be implemented before April 2026 at the earliest.

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MTD for Corporation Tax is unlikely to be implemented before April 2026 at the earliest.

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Making Tax Digital (MTD) for partnerships was supposed to come into force in April 2025 but, following a government announcement in December 2022, this legislation has been delayed.

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Making Tax Digital (MTD) for partnerships was supposed to come into force in April 2025 but, following a government announcement in December 2022, this legislation has been delayed.

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