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Taxation: Electronic Government

Commons · Question 25160 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

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Asked by John Milne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the suitability of Making Tax Digital's income and expense categories for taxpayers with multiple rural income sources, including farming, forestry, and residential and business lets w

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Answered by James Murray, 8 Sep 2026

The government has worked with taxpayers, representative bodies and software developers to ensure Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax works well for businesses of all types and sizes.Quarterly updates are not full tax returns. They are straightforward...