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Making Tax Digital

26 Mar 2026

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MTD IT Isn’t the Point. Running a Better Business Is! There’s a lot of noise right now about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD IT). Deadlines, quarterly submissions, HMRC this, compliance that. For most tradespeople, the gut reaction is the same – great, more...

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