What is Making Tax digital and how does it affect me? - WHY DO I NEED A MAKING TAX DIGITAL (MTD) cloud ACCOUNTANT?
As MTD accountants in Baildon, West Yorkshire we specialise in support and training for the upcoming transition to cloud-based accounting software. It is important that accounting processes are correct right from the start to avoid the costly headache of correcting things later. That's where we come in.
The scheme aims to make the UK’s tax system fully digital over the next few years which means leaving behind spreadsheets or paper records.
Up to now, Making Tax Digital has only affected VAT registered companies. However, over the coming years it will include Income Tax and Corporation Tax too.
It is vitally important that businesses plan for the changes now.
Changing processes, purchasing the correct software and training staff is a time-consuming exercise. Obviously panic-implementations are to be avoided at all costs. Which is why you NEED an MTD accountant.
Why not contact us - we're here to help.
When Will mtd Affect You?
APRIL 2026 is D-Day when MTD for Income Tax (MTD ITSA) is set to begin. It will apply to all unincorporated business and landlords for Self Assessment with annual business and/or rental income over £50,000 with those earning more than £30,000 following in 2027.
The £50,000 threshold refers to your gross income from all businesses and/or rental properties. You will still be eligible for MTD ITSA even if none of your individual sources of gross income generates you £50,000 or more in any given year.
What Will You Need To Do?
Under MTD ITSA you will be required to: -
- Keep digital records and use compatible software to submit quarterly information to HMRC
- Report your financial data to HMRC at least every quarter
- Finalise your taxes at the end of your accounting period and submit a final declaration
You will not be able to do this without HMRC approved accounting software. You will also need the technical skills to process transactions accurately.
In order to prepare, you need to ensure that you have the correct staff in place to deal with this or contact a qualified professional to help with the transition. As we've already advised, without an MTD accountant things can go drastically wrong.
How Can You Become Compliant?
To comply with Making Tax Digital, you have to keep digital records. This must be done using what HMRC calls 'compatible software’. In other words, it must be able to connect directly to HMRC and send your details to them digital links.
Deciding which ‘compatible software’ to use and learning how to use it and how to make any sense out of the data is the major challenge and can be traumatising. There are so many resources available on the internet but how do you find the time to make sense of it when trying to keep your business going? That’s where we come in.
HELP!!!!
Don’t Panic, we can help every step of the way.
We can help you to choose the right software for your business, set it up and quickly get you up and running without taking lots of time away from the important focus of running your company.
We can train you and/or your staff and ensure that all of your information is available well in time for HMRC deadlines so that you don’t get hit by penalties.
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I DON’T WANT TO DO IT!
The good news is that you don’t have to get involved any more than you want to.
We can take the whole process away and provide you with monthly reports showing you whether you have made a profit or a loss and how much VAT/tax you owe.
Preparing the quarterly submissions for HMRC on time means that you don’t receive any nasty penalty surprises.
In addition, we can help you to make sense of the data to change things if you’re not doing as well as you would like.
