Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: update notice
Updated 17 January 2025
This notice is made further to regulation 8 of The Income Tax (Digital Requirements) Regulations 2021, as amended.
The update information that must be provided in a quarterly update period is dependent on the relevant person’s business or businesses.
1. A relevant person within charge to income tax under Part 2 of the Income Tax (Trading and other Income) Act 2005 (ITTOIA 2005)
A relevant person with trading income must provide the following update information in each quarterly update:
- quarterly update period start date
- quarterly update period end date
- totals of the amounts falling within income and expenses set out in the following table
Business income | Business expenses (allowable and disallowable) |
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Turnover | Cost of goods bought for resale or goods used |
Other business income | Construction industry — payments to subcontractors |
Wages, salaries, and other staff costs | |
Car, van, and travel expenses | |
Rent, rates, power, and insurance costs | |
Repairs and maintenance of property and equipment | |
Phone, fax, stationery, and other office costs | |
Advertising | |
Business entertainment costs | |
Interest on bank and other loans | |
Bank, credit card and other financial charges | |
Accountancy, legal and other professional fees | |
Other business expenses |
2. A relevant person with property income and profits of which are chargeable to income tax under Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005 (property income)
A relevant person with property income must provide the following update information in each quarterly update period:
- quarterly update period start date
- quarterly update period end date
- totals of the amounts falling within property income and expenses set out in the following tables
2.1 UK property
Property income | Property expenses (allowable and disallowable) |
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Total rent | Rent, rates, insurance and ground rents |
Other income from property | Property repairs and maintenance |
Premiums for the grant of a lease | Non-residential property finance costs |
Reverse premiums and inducements | Residential property finance costs |
Residential finance costs brought forward | |
Legal, management and other professional fees | |
Costs of services provided, including wages | |
Travel expenses | |
Other allowable property expenses |
2.2 Foreign property
Foreign property income | Foreign property expenses (allowable and disallowable) |
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Total rents | Rent, rates, insurance and ground rents |
Other income from property | Property repairs and maintenance |
Premiums for the grant of a lease | Non-residential property finance costs |
Residential property finance costs | |
Unused residential property finance costs brought forward | |
Legal, management and other professional fees | |
Costs of services provided, including wages | |
Travel expenses | |
Other allowable property expenses |
3. A relevant person with property income and profits from a jointly let property which are chargeable to income tax under Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005 (property income)
A relevant person that lets property jointly must provide the following update information in each quarterly update period:
- quarterly update period start date
- quarterly update period end date
They must choose how to provide the following update information. They can either provide:
- totals of the amounts falling within property income and expenses set out in the tables in sections 2.1 or 2.2 of this notice
- totals of the amounts falling within property income set out in the tables in sections 3.1 or 3.2 of this notice
3.1 UK property
Property income |
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Total rent |
Other income from property |
Premiums for the grant of a lease |
Reverse premiums and inducements |
3.2 Foreign property
Property income |
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Total rent |
Other income from property |
Premiums for the grant of a lease |