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MAKING TAX DIGITAL SOFTWARE

Making Tax Digital for Income tax just got sorted - for free!

From April 2026, to stay compliant sole traders earning over £50k must file five tax updates a year. Tide’s HMRC recognised software handles them automatically, directly in your business account.

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What is Making Tax Digital?

What is Making Tax Digital?

Making Tax Digital (MTD) is HMRC’s programme to move the UK tax system fully online. 

Instead of filing one annual self-assessment return, businesses will need to keep digital records and submit tax updates using HMRC-approved MTD software. 

Sole traders and landlords with an income of over £50,000 will be affected from April 2026, while this will extend to those earning £30,000 from April 2027.

You run your business. Tide sorts your tax.

Without the right Making Tax Digital software for income tax, you’re looking at hours of extra admin, accounting bills and potential HMRC penalties. With Tide, it’s all done for you. Free, automatic and integrated into your business account.

Transactions are recorded and categorised automatically, in real-time

Tax submissions are handled quarterly and filed directly to HMRC

Your Final Declaration is prepared by Tide, reviewed by you, then submitted

Get MTD-ready

Free MTD software that makes compliance simple

Free MTD software that makes compliance simple

  • Generate your Self Assessment form with tax estimates

  • Get a linked Tax Account to put money aside for payments

  • File your returns to directly to HMRC via the Tide app

  • Auto-categorise and capture receipts for instant bookkeeping

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