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If you are a sole trader or landlord with combined turnover from trade and property exceeding £50,000 in 2024/25, you’re likely to be mandated into Making Tax Digital (MTD) from 6 April 2026. Individuals with lower income will be mandated at later dates. We have covered the general MTD requirements in previous newsletters, but it’s time to focus on how MTD will apply to those with income from property that is jointly owned by more than one person.
The MTD legislation prescribes the various categories that should be used to record each individual item of income and expenditure. Any MTD-compatible software package or spreadsheet should enable you to categorise income and expenditure according to the prescribed categories for jointly held property income. Each quarter, year-to-date totals for each category will be totalled and submitted to HMRC in a Quarterly Update.
There are two easements that individuals with jointly held property income can take advantage of:
If an individual qualifies, it is possible to combine the two easements, which would mean that reporting income from jointly held property would entail entering one total income figure each quarter and one annual total expense figure in quarter 4.
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