The truth about MTD costs for business

HMRC and organisations representing small businesses continue to disagree about the impact of MTD on the self-employed, landlords and sole traders. HMRC has always maintained that MTD will bring cost savings for small businesses whereas bodies such as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have been equally adamant that the…

Making Tax Digital – shades of grey

HMRC’s head of software development and collaboration, Lee Hawksworth, spoke at a Making Tax Digital (MTD) seminar in February 2017. The audience of accountants listened to his talk about the MTD programme from HMRC’s perspective and then asked questions. During his talk, Hawksworth said that MTD aims to simplify the…

Making Tax Digital – shades of grey

HMRC’s head of software development and collaboration, Lee Hawksworth, spoke at a Making Tax Digital (MTD) seminar in February 2017. The audience of accountants listened to his talk about the MTD programme from HMRC’s perspective and then asked questions. During his talk, Hawksworth said that MTD aims to simplify the…

Government must help with business costs for Making Tax Digital

There have been a number of responses to HMRC’s consultation about the Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme. Among these, the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has raised concerns about the ongoing cost of MTD for smaller businesses, along with the need to keep digital data secure. Yvette Nunn, ATT’s Technical…

Government must help with business costs for Making Tax Digital

There have been a number of responses to HMRC’s consultation about the Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme. Among these, the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has raised concerns about the ongoing cost of MTD for smaller businesses, along with the need to keep digital data secure. Yvette Nunn, ATT’s Technical…