Making Tax Digital software census
HMRC lists the software you can use for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. We read every product page on its finder and counted what each one says it can do.
173 products, checked 18 October 2026. 156 are ready now for sole traders, 144 for landlords, and only 47 are ready now for both sole traders and the Construction Industry Scheme. Download every product (CSV).
What the 173 products can do
| Feature | Products | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ready now for sole traders | 156 | 90% |
| Ready now for UK property (landlords) | 144 | 83% |
| Ready now for both sole trader and UK property income | 127 | 73% |
| Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) ready now | 48 | 28% |
| CIS ready now or in development | 127 | 73% |
| Ready now for sole traders and for CIS | 47 | 27% |
| Have a free version (ready now or in development) | 37 | 21% |
| Software an agent can use, ready now | 100 | 58% |
| Software the taxpayer can use themselves, ready now | 159 | 92% |
| Create digital records, ready now | 142 | 82% |
| Bridging software (connects to spreadsheets or other records), ready now | 88 | 51% |
| Have a mobile app (Android or iPhone) | 69 | 40% |
| Support at least one accessibility need, ready now | 64 | 37% |
| Available in Welsh | 4 | 2% |
How we counted
Each product on HMRC’s finder has its own page listing every feature as “Ready now”, “In development” (the provider has committed to build it in time for the 2026 to 2027 tax return) or “Not included”. We read every one of those pages on 18 October 2026 and counted the answers exactly as HMRC shows them. We have not tested the products ourselves.
Searched as a taxpayer, the finder lists the 159 products you can use yourself. The other 14 are for agents only, which is why the total here is higher.
These are counts of products, not of the people using them, and one company can list more than one product. Source: HMRC, Find software for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We refresh the census every month.
What happens next
- Not sure whether Making Tax Digital applies to you yet? Use the free checker.
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