Making tax digital has many benefits
Making Tax Digital is a bold initiative by the UK government. HMRC's ambition is to be the most advanced digital tax administration in the world. What are the benefits to making tax digital? Making Tax Digital: What is it? HMRC's initiative, Make Tax Digital (MTD) , is to transition away from traditional paper-based tax administration and to embrace a digital platform. MTD already supports UK VAT, which can be used to pay income tax, company taxes, and self-employment taxes. MTD VAT was launched in April 2019 for businesses exceeding the PS85,000 VAT threshold. Since 9 March 2020, more than 1.4 million businesses joined the MTD VAT service and have submitted their VAT returns via it. MTD will alter the filing of taxes, but the rules for tax will not be changed. As part of MTD, business owners must use records-keeping software that automatically prepares and submits tax returns to HMRC. This automates the tedious and time-consuming task...