Guidance

Find software suppliers for sending VAT Returns and Income Tax updates

Find out which software packages support the Making Tax Digital pilots.

Published 15 March 2018
Last updated 5 December 2018 — see all updates

From:: HM Revenue & Customs

Overview

If you sign up to the Making Tax Digital pilots you’ll need software packages that, depending on your needs, let you:

If you’re an agent and you sign clients up to the pilots you’ll need one that lets you send these to HMRC on their behalf.

You’ll need this software to keep records of income and expenses for Income Tax, or sales and purchases for VAT. If you’re already using software to keep records, check with your provider when the software will be ready to allow you to send updates and submit returns to HMRC throughout the year.

Software suppliers and available products

HMRC is working with a wide range of software suppliers to produce suitable software for businesses and their agents.

Software which has been recognised by HMRC is now available, whilst other suppliers still have products in development.

More suppliers and software will become available and added to the alphabetical lists below as the Making Tax Digital pilots progress.

Find:

VAT compatible software - available now
software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development
Income Tax compatible software - available now

Compatible software for VAT - available now

Software provider/product(s)	Who can use this	Feature(s)
@gosimpletax	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
123 e-Filing Limited	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
aaaDataX	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT payments
Absolute Accounting Software Ltd	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return
Accentra Primo Umbrella	Businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Accuman - Integrated Management Accounts	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Accuman - MTD bridge	Businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Acorah Software Products Ltd (TaxCalc)	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
Arkk Solutions	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
BTCSoftware – BTCHub	Agents	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
BTC MTDfVAT	Businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Bx	Businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Capium Limited	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
CHM MTD Bridge	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
Cirrostratus Exedra	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT return View VAT return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
Clear Books	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT liabilities
Coins construction	Businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
Crunch	Businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
Deloitte VAT	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Easy Books	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
Efileready	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Farmplan	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
FreeAgent	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
IRIS	Agents	Digital record keeping Submit VAT return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
Landmark Systems Ltd	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return
Liquid - Accounts	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Liquid VAT filer	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
My Digital Accounts	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
No Worries - Simplifi	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
One Office 3000/Global 3000 (Kerridge Commercial Systems)	Businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities
OrderWise	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
PwC Enterprise (GITC)	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
PWC spreadsheet	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Quickbooks (Intuit)	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Quickfile	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Sage Business Cloud	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Sharp-aX Computer Systems Limited	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
Tax Automation	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT liabilities View VAT Payments
Tax Optimiser	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
Thomson Reuters - Onvio	Agents	Submit VAT return
Tyresoft Ltd	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
Vital Code Ltd – VitalTax	Agents and businesses	Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities View VAT Payments
WinMan	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return
Wolters Kluwer	Agents	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Return View VAT Liabilities
Xero	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return View VAT Liabilities
Zoho	Businesses	Digital record keeping Submit VAT Return

Software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development

Compatible software for Income Tax - available now

Software provider/product(s)	Who can use this	Feature(s)
Absolute	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Updates to HMRC for self-employment Updates to HMRC for UK property (excluding furnished holiday lettings) Tax estimates from HMRC based on provided updates
Forbes	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Updates to HMRC for self-employment Updates to HMRC for UK property (excluding furnished holiday lettings) Tax estimates from HMRC based on provided updates
IRIS	Agents and businesses	Digital record keeping Updates to HMRC for self-employment Updates to HMRC for UK property (excluding furnished holiday lettings) Tax estimates from HMRC based on provided updates
Rhino	Businesses	Digital record keeping Updates to HMRC for self-employment Updates to HMRC for UK property (excluding furnished holiday lettings) Tax estimates from HMRC based on provided updates

HMRC does not recommend or endorse any one product or software provider and is not responsible for any problems you have with software.

Published 15 March 2018
Last updated 5 December 2018 + show all updates

5 December 2018 Software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development has been updated with 12 additions, 1 amendment and 4 removals. The compatible software for VAT - available now list has been updated with 4 additions and 1 amendment.
29 November 2018 Software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development has been updated with 2 additions, 1 amendment and 2 removals. The compatible software for VAT - available now list has been updated with 3 additions.
27 November 2018 Software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development has been updated with 10 additions, 2 amendments and 5 removals. The compatible software for VAT - available now list has been updated with 4 additions and 2 amendments.
19 November 2018 11 additions, 2 deletions and 1 amendment to the suppliers information.
13 November 2018 Software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development has been updated with 8 additions and 4 removals. The compatible software for VAT - available now list has been updated with 5 additions and 3 amendments.
7 November 2018 Software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development updated with 3 deletions.
6 November 2018 Compatible software for VAT available now section updated with 3 additions and 1 amendment and Software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development updated with 8 additions.
30 October 2018 The software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development list has been updated with 8 new additions, one amendment and one removal. The compatible software for VAT - available now list has been updated with one addition and 4 amendments.
24 October 2018 List of software suppliers with VAT compatible products in development has been added to the guide.
23 October 2018 A new software supplier has been added to the list of VAT compatible software suppliers, plus details of 6 suppliers have been amended.
16 October 2018 Software suppliers with products for submitting VAT Returns as part of the Making Tax Digital pilot have been added.
4 June 2018 Software features have been updated to show which products can be used to send Income Tax updates if you or your clients receive income from renting out UK property (excluding furnished holiday lettings).
31 May 2018 Software features have been updated to show which products can be used to send Income Tax updates if you or your clients receive income from renting out UK property (excluding furnished holiday lettings).
16 May 2018 Absolute and Forbes have been added to the software suppliers list.
15 March 2018 First published.

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