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Making Tax Digital, Free and Open

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This is a new place for discussing the UK government's Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative. In particular how we as a community can continue to file our taxes freely in terms of both:

We are starting some 'wiki' posts that will answer the main questions and be continually updated from your comments:

Disclaimer: we are not experts and cannot guarantee accuracy here. Always seek your own financial advice.

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Making a start on a list of software from your suggestions, will be adding many more to this soon. Where data is missing in a cell it's because it hasn't been checked yet.

The government's own site says:

There are other software products in development for the 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 tax years.

So expect this to grow.

To use this table for your own analysis/filtering you can just copy/paste it straight into a spreadsheet.

Name Pricing Registration License Software for Submissions in 2025 to 2026 User type Software type Making Tax Digital Compatibility
1 2 3 Sheets Ltd Paid version Bridging, Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based, application based VAT, Income Tax
100PcVatFreeBridge(1) Free (donations accepted) None Proprietary Bridging VAT Returns Agent, Individual Application based (Windows, Linux, Mac) VAT
@Coconut Paid version Bridging, Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
Absolute Excel Income Tax Filer Paid version Bridging Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based Income Tax
Acorah Software Products Ltd (TaxCalc) Paid version Bridging Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent Application based VAT, Income Tax
Andica Accounting Software Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates Agent, Individual Web based, application based VAT, Income Tax
ApariPro Paid version Bridging, Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based Income Tax
Capium Limited — MTD for IT Paid version Bridging, Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
CCH iFirm MTD for Income Tax Paid version Bridging Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent Web based VAT, Income Tax
Clear Books Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
Clear Books Free Free version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
Dext Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based Income Tax
Digita Personal Tax — Thomson Reuters Paid version Bridging Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent Application based VAT, Income Tax
Forbes MTD Paid version Bridging Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based, application based VAT, Income Tax
FreeAgent Free version, Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
Hammock for landlords Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based, application based Income Tax
Intuit QuickBooks Online Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based Income Tax
IRIS Accountancy Suite Paid version Bridging Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent Application based VAT, Income Tax
IRIS Elements Cashbook Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based Income Tax
IRIS Elements Tax Paid version Bridging Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent Web based VAT, Income Tax
IRIS Kashflow Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
MYT Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
Nomi Paid version Bridging, Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based, application based Income Tax
QuickFile Accounting Software Free version, Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
Sage Accounting Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
Sage Individual Free version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax
self assessment direct Free version Bridging, Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Application based VAT, Income Tax
TaxNav Free version Bridging, Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Individual Web based Income Tax
untied Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based Income Tax
Xero MTD for IT Paid version Record keeping Quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax return Agent, Individual Web based VAT, Income Tax

Community sources (marked with footnote numbers above):

Official sources:

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[–] IanTwenty@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Added remaining missing software options from the official source at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-software-thats-compatible-with-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax