The 7 November MTD deadline: what you actually have to file
Are you in Making Tax Digital? Your next quarterly update is due by 7 November 2026. It covers 6 April to 5 October 2026.
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Will Making Tax Digital hit you in April 2027? Your next tax return decides
Was your self-employment and rental income over £30,000 in 2025/26? Add them together, before expenses. If so, Making Tax Digital applies to you from 6 April 2027.
Five filings a year instead of one — what Making Tax Digital really costs you
Worried about Making Tax Digital software? Software isn't the real problem. The problem is that a job you did once a year now happens five times.
Going self-employed? Register with HMRC by 5 October
Started earning on the side last tax year? If you had income to declare between 6 April 2025 and 5 April 2026, you must tell HMRC by 5 October 2026.
Do you owe a tax payment on 31 July?
Do you pay tax through Self Assessment? You may owe a second payment on account by 31 July.
Do I actually need to file a tax return?
Side hustle, a rental, or just not sure? Here's how to tell whether HMRC wants a return from you — and when.
Making Tax Digital, explained without the jargon
What MTD for Income Tax really means, when it starts for you, and why it turns one tax return into quarterly updates.
What can I actually claim? Expenses for the self-employed
The everyday costs you can knock off your income — and the ones people wrongly think they can.
Going self-employed? How to register with HMRC
The one first step with HMRC — when to do it, what a UTR is, and the National Insurance side.
The Self Assessment dates that actually matter
Register, file, pay: the four dates to know each year — and the one people always mix up.
How much tax will I actually pay?
The personal allowance, the tax bands and National Insurance — with a plain worked example.
Payments on account: why your first tax bill feels double
Why HMRC asks for tax in advance, how it's worked out, and how to keep it from stinging.
Missed the tax deadline? Here's what happens next
The penalties, the interest, and the calm steps to stop it getting any worse.
Tax on Vinted selling: when you owe nothing, and when you do
Clearing your wardrobe? No tax. Reselling for profit? Here's where the line is.
Tax for eBay sellers: working out whether you are trading
Old clutter vs a business — the trading test, HMRC data-sharing and what to claim.
Tax for Etsy sellers: what you owe and what you can take off
Making to sell is trading — the £1,000 allowance, fees, materials and how to file.
Tax for content creators and influencers: brand deals, ad revenue and gifted products
Sponsorships, gifted products (yes, taxable), kit and software — the creator tax picture.