Making Tax Digital ITSA

Making Tax Digital - Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD - ITSA)

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UPDATE - MTD for ITSA has been delayed until April 2026 for those earning over £50,000 and until April 2027 for those earning over £30,000 from self employment or property


MTD for ITSA is for the Self Employed and Landlords who earn over £30,000 a year

 

What is it?

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD ITSA) will be a modernised way of reporting your earnings to HMRC. The new MTD rules will mean you will need to use compliant software such as QuickBooks to keep your records digitally and to send Income Tax updates to HMRC instead of filing a Self Assessment tax return.


You will need to send quarterly updates of your income and expenses to HMRC using MTD compliant software such as QuickBooks or Xero. Then at the end of the tax year you need to send a final declaration confirming the businesses' income, this will replace the Self Assessment Tax return.


What are the benefits of MTD and why are thousands already on board?

Here are some key points from HMRC:

  • It’s easier to keep on top of your tax affairs
  • You can see real time data on your business finances
  • Errors are greatly reduced, which in turn increases confidence in managing your tax affairs
  • Time saving, meaning less time spent on admin, providing businesses with more time to maximise business opportunities and growth
  • You are on top of your cashflow, which helps to budget better and ultimately become more profitable


All business owners are cautious of anything that is going to cost them more money so what are the potential costs involved with MTD for ITSA?

We have listed a few below:

  • Purchasing or upgrading software to ensure you are MTD compliant
  • Initial outlay of time in getting to know the new legislation and quarterly reporting
  • Training on new software
  • Monthly costs of software subscriptions (there are however free versions)


Whatever stage you are at with MTD, be it you haven’t even started thinking about it or perhaps you already have the MTD compliant software (like QuickBooks) but you haven’t quite got your head round it, we have a package that would be suitable for you. All our packages are listed below and can be tailored to your specific needs.

MTD packages

Bronze

We provide a QuickBooks licence for you to use to send your quarterly updates to HMRC digitally. With this package you would do your own bookkeeping. 



 

Silver

We provide a QuickBooks licence as per the bronze package plus two hours of support each month. This could be one off training,  system audits to ensure everything is running as smoothly as possible or general pointers to save you time. As per the bronze package you will do your own Bookkeeping.

Gold

This is our all-in package, not only do we offer the QuickBooks licence and provide support but with we will do all your Bookkeeping as well.

Tech

This is our training package, our QuickBooks ProAdvisor can provide training to ensure you are getting the most out of QuickBooks. This package can be on an adhoc basis, a one off or perhaps you want something more regular to ensure you are always up to date. 

 

If you are interested in learning how our packages could assist you then please initially drop us a message here or send an email to admin@booksandbusiness.co.uk with all your details and we will be in touch with a quote and to discuss how we can help.

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