Do I need an accountant for Making Tax Digital?
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Do I need an accountant for Making Tax Digital? No. You can keep digital records and send your own updates from compatible software, some of it free. Making Tax Digital starts on 6 April 2027 if your 2025-26 income before expenses was over £30,000. No. The rules require digital records and updates sent from compatible software. You can do that yourself, or authorise someone else to do it for you. Yes, with bridging software. GOV.UK describes it as software that connects to records you already keep, such as spreadsheets, and sends the figures to HMRC. Yes. On 16 October 2026, 37 of the 171 product pages on GOV.UK's software finder had a free version marked ready now. Several come with a business bank account, and most free versions have limits. Read the full answer, with every source, at rightotax.co.uk.
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Do I need an accountant for Making Tax Digital? No. You can keep digital records and send your own updates from compatible software, some of it free. Making Tax Digital starts on 6 April 2027 if your 2025-26 income before expenses was over £30,000. No. The rules require digital records and updates sent from compatible software. You can do that yourself, or authorise someone else to do it for you. Read the full answer, with every source, at rightotax.co.uk.
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