{"id":9960,"date":"2021-08-16T08:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T07:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/?p=9960"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:56:18","slug":"making-tax-digital-guide-vat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/making-tax-digital-guide-vat\/","title":{"rendered":"Free e-book: A guide to Making Tax Digital for VAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/category\/money-matters\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Money Matters<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFree e-book: A guide to Making Tax Digital for VAT\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-08-16T08:05:49+01:00\">16 August, 2021<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Free e-book: A guide to Making Tax Digital for VAT\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/making-tax-digital-guide-vat\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/author\/keirthomasbryant\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/keir-short-hair-350x350.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/keir-short-hair-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/keir-short-hair.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Keir Thomas-Bryant<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>When Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT was introduced in 2019, it didn&#8217;t include around a million VAT-registered businesses and individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was because they were voluntarily registered for VAT and were beneath the VAT registration turnover threshold (currently \u00a385,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, they could carry on <a title=\"How to submit a Making Tax Digital for VAT return\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/vat-return-making-tax-digital\/\">filing VAT Returns<\/a> the way they always had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this changes in April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that point, all VAT-registered businesses and individuals must follow the rules for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/making-tax-digital\/\">Making Tax Digital<\/a> for VAT, even if they&#8217;re voluntarily registered. 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