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Direction under regulation 2(2) of the Delivery of Tax Information through Software (Ancillary Metadata) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/360)

The direction specifies the fraud header information that Making Tax Digital for VAT software will need to collect and deliver to HMRC along with tax information.

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From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
29 March 2019
Last updated:
16 April 2025
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  1. The Directions under regulation 2(2) of the Delivery of Tax Information through Software (Ancillary Metadata) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/360) have been updated.

  2. The Directions under regulation 2(2) of the Delivery of Tax Information through Software (Ancillary Metadata) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/360) have been updated.

  3. Information has been updated to allow compliance data for cyber security prevention from third party software on tax returns to be received.

  4. The Commissioners Directions have been updated to include 3 new and 2 amended fraud prevention headers which are mandated from 6 July 2021. Added details under each fraud prevention header on the connection methods available to send fraud header prevention data to HMRC.

  5. First published.

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Directions under regulation 2(2) of the Delivery of Tax Information through Software (Ancillary Metadata) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/360)

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The direction sets out the metadata required under the legal obligation on software suppliers (under the Delivery of Tax Information through Software (Ancillary Metadata) Regulations 2019, S.I. 2019/360), to make sure their products that use the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) and VAT application programming interfaces (APIs) capture and transmit all available fraud header information along with taxation information that it relates to.

This information must be sent to HMRC systems electronically from the products that taxpayers use. This applies to Making Tax Digital for ITSA and VAT APIs.

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