Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: update notice
Updated 17 January 2025
This notice is made further to regulation 8 of , as amended.
The update information that must be provided in a quarterly update period is dependent on the relevant person’s business or businesses.
1. A relevant person within charge to income tax under Part 2 of the Income Tax (Trading and other Income) Act 2005 (ITTOIA 2005)
A relevant person with trading income must provide the following update information in each quarterly update:Ìý
- quarterly update period start date
- quarterly update period end date
- totals of the amounts falling within income and expenses set out in the following table
| Business income | Business expenses (allowable and disallowable) |
|---|---|
| Turnover | Cost of goods bought for resale or goods used |
| Other business income | Construction industry — payments to subcontractors |
| Ìý | Wages, salaries, and other staff costs |
| Ìý | Car, van, and travel expenses |
| Ìý | Rent, rates, power, and insurance costs |
| Ìý | Repairs and maintenance of property and equipment |
| Ìý | Phone, fax, stationery, and other office costs |
| Ìý | Advertising |
| Ìý | Business entertainment costs |
| Ìý | Interest on bank and other loans |
| Ìý | Bank, credit card and other financial charges |
| Ìý | Accountancy, legal and other professional fees |
| Ìý | Other business expenses |
2. A relevant person with property income and profits of which are chargeable to income tax under Part 3 ofÌýITTOIA 2005 (property income)
A relevant person with property income must provide the following update information in each quarterly update period:
- quarterly update period start date
- quarterly update period end date
- totals of the amounts falling within property income and expenses set out in the following tables
2.1 UK property
| Property income | Property expenses (allowable and disallowable) |
|---|---|
| Total rent | Rent, rates, insurance and ground rents |
| Other income from property | Property repairs and maintenance |
| Premiums for the grant of a lease | Non-residential property finance costs |
| Reverse premiums and inducements | Residential property finance costs |
| Ìý | Residential finance costs brought forward |
| Ìý | Legal, management and other professional fees |
| Ìý | Costs of services provided, including wages |
| Ìý | Travel expenses |
| Ìý | Other allowable property expenses |
2.2 Foreign property
| Foreign property income | Foreign property expenses (allowable and disallowable) |
|---|---|
| Total rents | Rent, rates, insurance and ground rents |
| Other income from property | Property repairs and maintenance |
| Premiums for the grant of a lease | Non-residential property finance costs |
| Ìý | Residential property finance costs |
| Ìý | Unused residential property finance costs brought forward |
| Ìý | Legal, management and other professional fees |
| Ìý | Costs of services provided, including wages |
| Ìý | Travel expenses |
| Ìý | Other allowable property expenses |
3. A relevant person with property income and profits from a jointly let property which are chargeable to income tax under Part 3 ofÌýITTOIA 2005 (property income)
A relevant person that lets property jointly must provide the following update information in each quarterly update period:
- quarterly update period start date
- quarterly update period end date
They must choose how to provide the following update information. They can either provide:
- totals of the amounts falling within property income and expenses set out in the tables in sections 2.1 or 2.2 of this notice
- totals of the amounts falling within property income set out in the tables in sections 3.1 or 3.2 of this notice
3.1 UK property
| Property income |
|---|
| Total rent |
| Other income from property |
| Premiums for the grant of a lease |
| Reverse premiums and inducements |
3.2 Foreign property
| Property income |
|---|
| Total rent |
| Other income from property |
| Premiums for the grant of a lease |