MTD for Income Tax is now live for sole traders and landlords earning over £50,000, with £30,000 next in April 2027. Quarterly updates, digital records and compatible software, all set up and submitted for you from a fixed monthly fee, so the new rules become our job, not your worry.
Read our plain-English guide to MTD for landlords: who is in scope, the quarterly updates, the software, and how to get ready without the stress.
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Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is the most significant change to personal tax reporting in years, and it is no longer something on the horizon. From April 2026 it is live for sole traders and landlords whose combined gross income from self-employment and property is over £50,000. From April 2027 it reaches those over £30,000, and the government has confirmed it will extend to those over £20,000 from April 2028. The threshold is based on gross income, your turnover and rents before any expenses, which means a lot of people who think of themselves as modest earners are already in scope.
Under MTD the familiar once-a-year Self Assessment return is replaced by digital record-keeping in compatible software, four quarterly updates of income and expenses sent to HMRC, and a final declaration after the tax year. For someone running a business or letting property, that is a real change of habit, and the penalties for getting it wrong are built into a points-based system. Your Tax Help Accountants is an HMRC-registered agent practice that takes the whole of MTD off your plate: we confirm whether you are in scope, set up the right software with your bank feed connected, keep the digital records, and make every quarterly submission and the final declaration for you. The same accountant handles it each quarter, for a fixed monthly fee.
The single biggest MTD mistake is leaving it until the first quarterly deadline is almost due. Getting your software and digital records in place early means the quarterly updates become routine rather than a panic. If you are over £50,000, now is the time to get set up, and we make that simple.
What We Handle
A free check of whether and when you are in scope, based on your gross self-employment and property income, so you know exactly where you stand and what to do next.
The right HMRC-recognised software, Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent or a bridging tool, chosen for you, set up, and connected to your bank feed so records build themselves.
Your income and expenses kept digitally and accurately throughout the year, the foundation MTD requires, with receipts captured straight from your phone.
All four quarterly updates of income and expenses prepared and submitted to HMRC on time, every quarter, so you never miss a deadline or a point.
The end-of-year final declaration that replaces the old Self Assessment return, reconciling the year, bringing in any other income, and confirming your tax position.
Rental income, Section 24 mortgage interest relief and allowable expenses handled the MTD way, for residential and commercial landlords now in scope.
Self-employment income and expenses kept and reported digitally, with every allowable expense claimed so the new system never costs you more tax than the old one.
Switching from spreadsheets or paper, or behind on your records? We migrate you to compliant software and get your books current before your first quarter is due.
MTD for Income Tax is live now for those over £50,000, and the quarterly deadlines come around fast. HMRC's points-based penalty system applies to late MTD submissions, and leaving setup until the last minute is where people get caught. The good news is that getting ready is straightforward when an agent does it for you: software in place, records flowing, and every submission handled. We get new clients MTD-ready quickly, often within a couple of weeks.
Recent Client Outcome
A landlord with four rental properties and gross rents of around £60,000 a year came to us in early 2026 having read that Making Tax Digital was coming but unsure whether it applied to her or what she had to do. She had always kept her records in a spreadsheet and filed a single Self Assessment return each January. Being over the £50,000 gross-income threshold, she was in scope from April 2026 and needed to be ready.
We ran a readiness review, confirmed she was in scope, and set her up on cloud software with her bank feed connected so rent receipts and property costs flow in automatically. We moved her historic records across, organised her mortgage interest for the Section 24 credit, and set up a simple monthly routine of capturing receipts on her phone. From there we took over the quarterly updates and the final declaration entirely.
She went from anxious and unsure to fully MTD-ready in under two weeks, with the quarterly submissions now handled for her under a fixed monthly fee. She no longer touches a spreadsheet and no longer worries about the deadlines.
Why Clients Choose Us For MTD
MTD Questions Answered
Free fifteen-minute readiness call. Fixed quote within twenty-four hours. Software set up, digital records sorted, and every quarterly update and final declaration handled for you, under one fixed monthly fee. Same accountant, start to finish.
Or email info@yourtaxhelp.co.uk, we typically respond within two business hours.
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