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Tax | MTD to cost £380m for £20k earners

HMRC warns landlords and sole traders ‘may incur significant transitional and continuing costs’ when Making Tax Digital threshold is lowered to £20,000

30 Jun 2026

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Tax | HMRC ‘working tirelessly’ as 375k sign up for MTD

With less two months to go before the first quarterly filing date for wave one of MTD for Income Tax, HMRC creeps up on halfway mark with 375,000 sign ups

26 Jun 2026

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Tax | Monthly ‘payday’ tax bills for 7m self assessment PAYE taxpayers

In a radical move, HMRC plans to end twice-yearly tax bills for the seven million PAYE taxpayers inside self assessment, with monthly ‘payday’ payments

24 Jun 2026

Tax | 110k taxpayers without accountant not registered for MTD

With the final deadline to register for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax looming, over 110,000 unrepresented landlords and self employed have not signed up, warns LITRG

18 Jun 2026

Tax | Making Tax Digital: are you ready for the first filing deadline?

Only a third of wave one cohort for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax have signed up so far. Paul Attridge, partner at Gerald Edelman explains what you need to do before first quarterly reporting deadline on 7 August

15 Jun 2026

Tax | IT downtime closes multiple HMRC online services this weekend

Majority of HMRC’s digital services from agent services accounts (ASAs) to Making Tax Digital, some PAYE and VAT affected by major IT maintenance planned for most of weekend

10 Jun 2026

Tax | 528k landlords and sole traders not signed up for MTD

With less than 60 days to go before the first quarterly filing date for wave one of MTD for Income Tax, over 400,000 taxpayers have not even registered

9 Jun 2026

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Tax | ‘We are not expecting perfection’, HMRC issues update on MTD cohort

With half a million still to sign up for MTD for Income Tax, HMRC tells Accountex crowd ‘it is all about good enough’

26 May 2026

Tax | Tax code is too complicated and needs urgent reform

Tax was largely absent from the King’s Speech, but the challenges facing the UK’s tax system are only getting harder to ignore with such a tortured and immense tax code. Katie Close CA, director of tax at ICAS calls for urgent change

19 May 2026

Tax | Top tips: choosing the right software for Making Tax Digital

With less than three months until the first quarterly filing deadline for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on 7 August, tax expert Andy Levett, principal at HW Fisher, provides tips and advice on what factors to consider

14 May 2026

Tax | HMRC clarifies MTD exemption rules and year one waiver

Following some confusion about exemptions to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, HMRC updates guidance to clarify situation for those claiming averaging relief in year one waiver

16 Apr 2026

Tax | 250k sign up to MTD but two thirds are accountants

One week since Making Tax Digital for Income Tax became mandatory, HMRC confirms 250,000 signed up but mostly accountants and agents, not individual landlords and self employed

14 Apr 2026

Tax | Personal tax changes from 6 April 2026

Increase in tax on dividends, directors’ loan interest rate rise, business asset disposal relief hike, frozen thresholds, inheritance tax for farmers and family businesses, Making Tax Digital starts, CIS, and more

7 Apr 2026

Tax | CPD module: MTD for Income Tax tips and advice

This month’s exclusive CPD module focuses on Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, presented by our Croner MTD expert Diane Wright

2 Apr 2026

Tax | Only 185k signed up to Making Tax Digital

Latest figures from HMRC show 21% of taxpayers registered for MTD for Income Tax with nearly 700,000 not yet signed up and low numbers of individual taxpayers

2 Apr 2026

Tax | HMRC clarifies how to exit MTD if income falls

With days until Making Tax Digital for Income Tax goes live for £50,000 plus landlords and self employed, HMRC clarifies exit options and cessation process

1 Apr 2026