What is Making Tax Digital ?

Making Tax Digital is HMRC’s move to digitise tax. As of April 2019, businesses with a turnover above £85k will have to submit VAT returns through the HMRC gateway using commercial accounting software. 89 % of UK business will change the way they process tax. If you're going to be impacted you can get everything you need here on our MTD resource hub.

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Your Making Tax Digital solution

Sage has a long history of working with British businesses and accountants. We'll help you get ready for April 2019.

HMRC Trusted

Sage has been working with HMRC on MTD for years to ensure our Accounting products are leading the way in compliance.

100% compliant

Submit your VAT return with confidence. Market-leading software in line with legislation. Making Tax Digital is no different.

World-class support

Digital content, expert led webinars, live events, webchat and telephone support, all the way to bespoke services designed to support your business including 1-2-1 training and onsite support.

Pioneering technology

We've been helping with VAT for years so you won't get left behind. We make sure the changes will feel as small as possible.

We help businesses grow

Sage Business Cloud offers solutions for businesses of all sizes. Software that grows as your business does, meeting your needs every step of the way.

Why is Making Tax Digital happening?

HMRC loses £9bn each year on taxation errors, and they believe that's partly due to the way businesses declare their income - digital record keeping and automated VAT submissions will make the process easier and error-free.

Part of improving VAT means you'll need to record your transactions throughout your VAT period and send HMRC an automated nine box VAT return at the end of each period, directly from your software. It's a simpler, more efficient process that will be less disruptive to your business in the long run.