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Does Making Tax Digital apply to you?

Enter your self-employment sales and your rent. The checker shows your qualifying income and when Making Tax Digital for Income Tax starts for you.

Your income for a year

Use the figures from your tax return, or your best estimate. Nothing you enter leaves your device.

Your turnover from all your self-employments added together, before expenses. Leave it blank if you're not self-employed.
All the rent you get from UK and overseas property, before expenses. Leave it blank if you don't let property.
If you own property with someone else, only your share counts. Married couples and civil partners usually own 50% each.
Your answer

Enter your income to see when Making Tax Digital starts for you.

It takes about a minute. You only need your sales and rent, not your expenses.

How HMRC decides

HMRC looks at your qualifying income on a particular tax return, two years before each start date:

Qualifying incomeOn your return forYou start fromFirst update due
Over £50,0002024⁠–⁠256 April 20267 August 2026
Over £30,0002025⁠–⁠266 April 20277 August 2027
Over £20,0002026⁠–⁠276 April 20287 August 2028

The checker assumes your income is about the same each year. If it has changed a lot, check the figure on each of those returns.

What counts as qualifying income

Your self-employment sales plus your rent, before any expenses. If you own property jointly, only your share of the rent counts. Wages from a job, pensions, savings interest, dividends and partnership profits don't count.

Some people are exempt, including anyone who can't use digital devices because of their age, health or disability. Our guide Does Making Tax Digital apply to me? has the full rules and exemptions.

Sources

This checker explains HMRC's rules in general and isn't tax advice. For your own situation, check GOV.UK or speak to an accountant.