Income Tax (MTD)
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, worked through in order: understand it, check if it applies to you, keep your records, then see your figures.
Education, not advice.TaxSorted explains the rules and does the arithmetic; it doesn't know your full situation. Figures are estimates — HMRC's own calculation is the number that counts. We are working towards HMRC recognition; this tool does not yet submit anything to HMRC.
Don't panic — the plain-words guide
What's actually true about MTD Income Tax: who's in, what you send, the real deadlines and the real penalty position.
Step 1Am I in?
Check whether, and from when, the mandate applies to you, from your gross income.
Step 2Your records
A local-first ledger for self-employment and property income and expenses, sorted into HMRC's own categories.
Step 3Quarterly figures & estimate
Your cumulative quarterly totals, ready to copy into any MTD software, plus a cited estimate of your bill.
ToolMileage
Work out your simplified mileage deduction for a car, van or motorcycle, cited to gov.uk's current rates.
Bigger pictureAngry about MTD? Here's who decided — and how to say so
MTD wasn't handed down by fiat — it went through select committees, consultations and phased threshold changes. See who moved it, and the real channels for having your own say.