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Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: first mandated from

2026-04-06 date

standing figure · verified 2026-10-04 against the official source

£50,000 for the 2024 to 2025 tax year, you should’ve started using Making Tax Digital for Income Tax from 6 April 2026
key
uk/gov/self-assessment/mtd-income-tax-start
value
2026-04-06 date
period
—
effective
— to date
source
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-out-if-and-when-you-need-to-use-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax
verified
2026-10-04 — fresh (33 days ago; next check by 2026-11-03)
next expected change
none named (irregular: changed by statute or order on no fixed date)
source checked
2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)
scope
UK Self Assessment for the 2025-26 tax year (6 April 2025 to 5 April 2026); dates roll forward each year.
hash
sha256:f4006176a97f747b3277039f1da43e56a44df3657ee30e82b2dc99b345e6e8f2
signature
EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/uk/gov/self-assessment/mtd-income-tax-start?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/uk/gov/self-assessment/mtd-income-tax-start

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    "uk/gov/mtd/mtd-income-tax-start",
    "uk/gov/making-tax-digital/mtd-income-tax-start"
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  "verifiedDate": "2026-10-04",
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  "ageDays": 33,
  "maxAgeDays": null,
  "scope": "UK Self Assessment for the 2025-26 tax year (6 April 2025 to 5 April 2026); dates roll forward each year.",
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