A side-by-side illustration showing the contrast between paper-based tax records and modern digital accounting under Making Tax Digital

Who Needs to Follow Making Tax Digital Rules 2026

So — who needs to follow Making Tax Digital rules? If you’re self-employed, a landlord, or run any VAT-registered business in the UK, the short answer is: probably you, sooner than you think. Making Tax Digital (MTD) is HMRC’s push to digitalise the entire UK tax system. The deadlines are real, the penalties are real, […]

A wooden desk showing a traditional paper rental ledger with loose receipts on the left and an open laptop displaying a cloud accounting dashboard on the right, representing a UK landlord's transition to Making Tax Digital for income tax self assessment under MTD ITSA from April 2026

Making Tax Digital for Landlords Explained 2026

By the team at Ask Accountants UK Ltd · Updated April 2026 · 10 min read The government’s MTD programme has been rolling out in stages for years now, having already transformed how VAT-registered businesses handle their returns (if you want to understand how that played out, our piece on Making Tax Digital for VAT covers the full picture). […]