The MTD quarterly countdown: A practice guide
Time's ticking down to the first MTD for Income Tax quarterly update. Here's what you need to know to act now—and make it a success for your practice.
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Sage Accounting software saves hours on admin, and makes property accounting stress-free. It's ideal for VAT registered landlords and agents who want to collaborate with an accountant, perfect for staying compliant with MTD legislation.
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Sage Accounting landlords and property management helps you easily manage your finances from anywhere. It gives you clear visibility of money going in and out and a quick way to create and send invoices automatically. Use Sage Accounting to:
Firstly, separate your books and bank account for rental properties from any personal accounts. Using our rental accounting software, add rent as an income source each month.
Similarly, add outgoings related to your rental property, like maintenance as expenses. Prepare end of the quarter and year reports to collaborate with your accountant and submit accurate returns to HMRC.
Sage Accounting for estate agent businesses and landlords is HMRC and MTD compliant software that helps you stay on top of the latest legislation so that you can focus on what you do best. It’s easy to quickly and securely file VAT returns as Sage Accounting calculates the VAT for you. You can collaborate with your accountant or bookkeeper using real-time data. And with a clear view of a live running total of your tax liabilities, you can have complete confidence that your returns are accurate every time.
There are plenty of ways you can save time with Sage Accounting. Here are some examples:
Automate manual tasks
By automating tasks, you can cut down the amount of time you spend on manual data entry to save money and focus on the areas of the business that need the most attention.
AutoEntry
Spend less time on admin and more time on your property business with a paperless way to manage receipts. Simply snap, scan or email a photo of your receipts, bank transactions, invoices or other documents for your Sage accounts using AutoEntry. Then categorise, publish and share them with your accountant through Sage Accounting. AutoEntry captures tax summaries and full line item details including description, quantity and unit price so it’s an easy way to log the information you need, when you need it.
Other ways to save time:
Sage Accounting can be used by any business to help save time, get organised and automate their processes. You can use it to:
However, currently Sage Accounting doesn’t support the SA103 form which HMRC requires for self-employed landlords to complete as part of the Self Assessment process.
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Stay on top of the latest MTD rules from HMRC with Sage, and make staying up-to-date stress-free.
Mark Bainbridge
Director, Mark Bainbridge Property Services
Adam Melluish
Owner, GDS Property Services
Kishan Patel
Owner, KP Property Maintenance LTD
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