Making Tax Digital for Income Tax software for sole traders and landlords

Keep the digital records MTD ITSA requires, track income and expenses as they happen, and send your quarterly updates straight to HMRC. No spreadsheets.

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Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD ITSA) is HMRC's new way of reporting income and expenses. If it applies to you, you will need to keep digital records and send HMRC quarterly updates instead of one annual tax return.

This service is in Alpha. It is not affiliated with HM Government. You can send your quarterly updates to HMRC from here, but the end-of-year Final Declaration is not part of the service yet, so you will need to make that separately.

When you need to join

MTD ITSA is being introduced in stages, based on your total gross income from self-employment and property. The dates below show when each group becomes mandated.

From April 2026: Over £50,000
From April 2027: Over £30,000
From April 2028: Over £20,000

Qualifying income is your total gross income from self-employment and property before expenses, added together if you have both. Thresholds are based on the income reported on an earlier tax return, so HMRC will tell you which year you need to start in.

Who this affects

MTD ITSA applies to:

Sole traders

Sole traders with qualifying self-employment income above the relevant threshold.

Landlords

Landlords with qualifying property income above the relevant threshold.

A mix of the two

Anyone with a mix of the two, where the combined total crosses the threshold.

Limited companies and partnerships are not in scope of MTD ITSA. If you are below every threshold, you can still use this service to build good digital record-keeping habits ahead of time.

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Keep the digital records MTD ITSA requires and send your quarterly updates straight to HMRC.