Do I need Making Tax Digital for Income Tax?
A free, private checker for UK sole traders and landlords: find out when you need to start, then see your quarterly deadlines. Nothing you type leaves this page.
1. When do I need to start?
Enter your qualifying income: self-employment plus property income before expenses (turnover). Leave out wages (PAYE), dividends, pensions and partnership profit shares. For a jointly owned property, enter your share only.
Thresholds from GOV.UK: more than £50,000 in 2024-25 → start 6 April 2026; more than £30,000 in 2025-26 → 6 April 2027; more than £20,000 in 2026-27 → 6 April 2028. Some people are exempt (for example if digitally excluded). Check on GOV.UK.
2. My quarterly deadlines
Each quarterly update covers from the start of the tax year to the end of the period. Use calendar periods if your accounting period ends on 31 March.
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Keeping your records in a spreadsheet?
The quillfox records workbook logs income and expenses in HMRC's own categories, works out your cumulative quarterly totals, tracks mileage at the right flat rate and lists your deadlines, ready to link to bridging software.
General information, not tax advice. Based on GOV.UK guidance checked in October 2026, and rules can change. To send quarterly updates you need HMRC-recognised software (a spreadsheet needs bridging software). Check GOV.UK or speak to an accountant about your situation.