What is Making Tax Digital for VAT?
What does 'Making Tax Digital for VAT' mean?
Compliance with the UK requirement that VAT-registered businesses keep digital records and submit VAT returns to HMRC through approved software rather than typing figures into a web form. Software that supports it maintains a digital link from the underlying bookkeeping records to the return and files through HMRC's API. Support for it is a legal necessity for affected UK businesses, not a convenience.
List of software with Making Tax Digital for VAT functionality
About the reviewer
Rajat Gupta is the founder of Spotsaas. Over the past two years, he has reviewed 2,000+ tools across CRM, HR, AI, and finance — applying hands-on product research and a background in commerce and the CFA program to evaluate software through a business and ROI lens. His goal: help teams make software decisions they won't regret.
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