How to file an MTD VAT return
What is Making Tax Digital for VAT? All VAT-registered companies with a taxable turnover exceeding the VAT registration threshold (currently, PS85,000) have been required to submit their VAT returns via an approved app. This system is known as Making Tax Digital for VAT. More than a million UK businesses were affected by MTD for VAT. Many of these businesses were forced to modify the way they kept their VAT records and submitted their VAT returns. You will need to maintain digital VAT business records and send VAT returns via MTD-compatible software if your business needs to register for VAT. You can access this software from your smartphone via a cloud-based app. This means that you will have already entered all of your information into the app but will be able to communicate with HMRC by pressing a button. Businesses VAT-registered had to report VAT quarterly before MTD was rolled out. The frequency of reporting has not changed. The information that you need to input h...