Does Making Tax Digital for Income Tax apply to you?
Enter your gross income (before expenses) from self-employment and from property for the tax year of the return you are measuring. The checker compares the total with the threshold GOV.UK sets for that year and lists your first-year quarterly update deadlines.
Your result will appear here.
The calculation runs in your browser; the figures you enter are not sent to or stored on a server.
Rules in plain English: thresholds and start dates, what counts as qualifying income, quarterly update deadlines and exemptions.
Source: GOV.UK, "Find out if and when you need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax" and "Work out your qualifying income for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax", read 10 October 2026. This tool is not accounting software and does not file anything with HMRC.