MTD for business overview
HMRC's vision to digitalise the UK tax system is well underway. The transformation started in April 2019 with Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT for businesses with taxable turnover above the VAT threshold.
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a fundamental change to the administration of the UK tax system. It will affect how businesses and other organisations, agents and individuals maintain their accounting and tax records and how they transact and communicate with HMRC. MTD transformation projects are being run by HMRC, but should be seen as just one element of the digitalisation of business.
Technical helpsheet to help members in practice with implementing Making Tax Digital for VAT. It focuses on the systems, software and schemes practitioners will need in order to file clients' MTD for VAT returns digitally.
Technical helpsheet to help members in practice with implementing Making Tax Digital for VAT. It gives a breakdown of the key dates and next steps on keeping digital records, setting up an HMRC Agent Services Account, preparing clients for MTD, and using MTD compliant software.
The introduction of Making Tax Digital for VAT has prompted discussion about the risk of penalties where introducing new processes breach of the regulations.
Agents who will be providing MTD for VAT services to clients need to follow the preliminary steps of understanding the MTD for VAT requirements, agreeing responsibilities with clients and choosing MTD for VAT software.
Businesses that will be filing their own MTD for VAT returns need to follow the preliminary steps of understanding the MTD for VAT requirements, agreeing responsibilities with any third party bookkeeper or agent and choosing MTD for VAT software.
Agents will need to take steps to prepare both their own practices and their clients for the disruption that Making Tax Digital and digitalisation will cause to the market for accounting and tax services.
HMRC's vision to digitalise the UK tax system is well underway. The transformation started in April 2019 with Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT for businesses with taxable turnover above the VAT threshold.
The first stage of HMRC's Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme focuses on VAT and imposes new requirements keeping on some VAT registered businesses and organisations from April 2019.
Everything you need to know to get ready for the MTD Phase 2 deadline, including what counts as a digital link.
HMRC is expecting to lay the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment Regulations before Parliament in February 2021. This will give effect to the April 2023 start date for MTD for ITSA, as well as confirming many of the requirements (some of the detail will be in tertiary legislation which will follow later).
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment will start in April 2023. In this webinar the Tax Faculty's Anita Monteith and Caroline Miskin discuss developments so far and the steps that agents and businesses should consider at this stage.
In this webinar ICAEW Tax Faculty explain HMRC's plans to roll out Making Tax Digital to corporation tax.
ICAEW’s Technical Advisory Services has updated its support for practitioners on client engagement letters relating to tax services. The Tax Faculty highlight the key changes.
Join a webinar on 15 April organised by ICAEW’s Tax Faculty to have your questions on MTD and the digital transformation of the UK’s tax system answered by Jo Rowland, the recently appointed Director General of HMRC’s Transformation Business Group.
A host of tax changes come into force from the start of April 2021, including the long-anticipated introduction of off payroll working (IR35) and the next phase of requirements under Making Tax Digital for VAT. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty outlines what you need to know.
HMRC is seeking views on bringing the payment of income tax and corporation tax closer to the point when the income arises. Any changes will be controversial but will not be made within this parliament. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty wants to hear from members.
A response dated 4 March 2021 to a consultation published by HMRC on 12 November 2020.
A response dated 14 January 2021 to the Treasury in advance of Spring Budget 2021.
A response dated 13 January 2021 to a consultation published by HMRC on 15 December 2020.
An updated response dated 30 March 2020 to a consultation published by the Treasury Committee on 20 March 2020.
Some resources that we link to may pre-date the latest amendments to the relevant tax regulations. While these links contain useful information, please treat them with appropriate caution.
A series of short case studies from businesses in a range of industry sectors on how Making Tax Digital has worked for them.
List of companies who are supplying suitable software to support the MTD for VAT pilot. These suppliers have tested their products in HMRC's test environment and have already demonstrated a prototype of their software to HMRC.
Notice giving updated guidance on digital record keeping and return requirements of MTD for VAT. It explains the digital records that businesses must keep, ways to record transactions digitally in certain special circumstances, and what counts as ‘functional compatible software’.
Technical note giving a revised statement of impacts for the Making Tax Digital for Business programme to reflect the changed scale and scope of the mandatory elements announced in the government's Written Ministerial Statement of 13 July 2017.
A summary of a panel discussion on machine learning, artificial intelligence and its impact on accounting. The article looks at predictions for 2018 and the implications for making tax digital (MTD).
Statement made by Mel Stride, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, announcing policy changes to the timeframe and scope of Making Tax Digital rules.
Policy paper explaining the foundations of MTD, the impact on individuals and businesses, links to consultations, the next steps for implementing MTD for business, and case studies.
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