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Taxation: Electronic Government

Asked by Harriet CrossConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 26 March 2026UIN 123012

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the compliance costs incurred by businesses to meet Making Tax Digital requirements to date for which the latest data is available.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

HMRC’s published assessment of the potential impact of MTD for Income Tax on taxpayers joining from April 2026 is available at:Extension of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment to sole traders and landlords - GOV.UK

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