- What is Making Tax Digital for Income Tax?
A plain-English explanation of MTD for Income Tax Self Assessment — what it replaces, what you have to do, and when it starts.
Sole traders & landlords
- Who has to use MTD for Income Tax, and when?
The £50,000, £30,000 and £20,000 thresholds explained — how qualifying income is worked out, which tax year decides it, and who is exempt.
Sole traders & landlords
- Quarterly updates vs the Final Declaration
What goes in a quarterly update, what waits for the Final Declaration, the deadlines for each, and why quarterly updates are not tax bills.
Sole traders & landlords
- Digital record-keeping under MTD: what you actually have to do
What counts as a digital record, what a digital link is, whether spreadsheets are still allowed, and how long to keep everything.
Sole traders & landlords
- MTD for Income Tax: what changes for landlords
How Making Tax Digital applies to rental income — thresholds, jointly owned property, what goes in a quarterly update, and what landlords most often get wrong.
Landlords
- Eight common MTD for Income Tax mistakes
The misunderstandings that cause real problems under Making Tax Digital — from quarterly tax bills that do not exist to digital links broken by a single retyped figure.
Sole traders & landlords
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