Free e-book: Your guide to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax is the biggest tax personal tax shake-up in a generation.

Put simply, it legally requires many sole traders and landlords to use software for their accounting relating to income tax.

For those using an ad hoc solution of paper-based notes or spreadsheets for accounting, this is sure to come as quite a shock.

And millions of individuals across the UK are likely to fall within the scope of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.

But there’s no need to panic.

Our free e-book, Your guide to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, provides everything you need to know, and reveals how to adapt your business so it will thrive following the introduction of MTD for Income Tax.

It covers the following:

• Does MTD for Income Tax apply to you? We explain and offer support so you can start following its rules
• Find out what MTD for Income Tax requires and how your tax accounting might change
• What you need to do to sign up
• Master what’s required for your quarterly updates and digital tax returns
• See a two-year timeline with key dates of when you must provide vital information to HMRC
• Discover when and how you’ll need to pay your tax following MTD for Income Tax’s introduction
• Find out if spreadsheets can be used for MTD for Income Tax accounting.

MTD for Income Tax is due to start in April 2026 for those with gross income over £50,000. If you’re not ready in time, you could face penalties from HMRC.

By using our guide, you can start your preparations today. You’ll see where the areas to make changes are in your business and its processes, and learn what you should do to be ready.

Your business will thank you for it. Making Tax Digital really does make business admin much simpler. So why not embrace it sooner rather than later?