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These independent resources provide general information. They do not replace HMRC guidance, legal advice or advice based on your individual circumstances.

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Due 31 January 2027

Tax Ready

For anyone who may need a 2025/26 tax return: side gigs, landlords, sole traders. Find out what HMRC needs, get organised and decide whether to do it yourself.

  • 2-minute tax return check
  • What to do next, then next
  • Choosing help, or doing it yourself
Open Tax ReadyTake the 2-minute check

Making Tax Digital

MTD for Income Tax

For sole traders and landlords checking whether the phased rules apply, which income counts and what they may need to do.

  • Staged eligibility checker
  • Qualifying income and exemptions
  • Deadlines, penalties and reminders
Open the Income Tax guideOfficial HMRC sources

Making Tax Digital

MTD for VAT

For businesses checking VAT-registration triggers, digital records, software, digital links and return deadlines.

  • VAT status and process checker
  • Digital-record and digital-link guidance
  • Personalised VAT deadline calendar
Open the VAT guideOfficial HMRC sources

Starting or reshaping

Business structures

Compare operating as a sole trader, ordinary partnership, limited company or LLP without reducing the decision to one tax number.

  • Eight-stage orientation check
  • Side-by-side responsibilities
  • Advice triggers and common misunderstandings
Open the structure guideOfficial public sources

Sole traders and partnerships

Allowable expenses

What you can claim for your tax return — and for Universal Credit if you claim it. 43 common costs, each with a quick answer and the official rules side by side.

  • Search in everyday words
  • HMRC and Universal Credit compared
  • Rates for each tax year
Open the expenses guideHMRC vs Universal Credit

Household and business bills

Money Save

Eight bills worth reviewing — energy, phone and broadband, insurance, bank fees, subscriptions, rates and more — with what to check and where to compare independently.

  • For sole traders, micro-businesses and their households
  • Links to the regulators and free consumer sites
  • One-page printable bill review
Open Money SavePrintable checklist

Planned resources

More focused guides are being prepared.

They will appear here when the explanations, examples and official-source links are ready.

Coming later

Limited-company expenses

Company costs, director reimbursements, benefits and keeping company money separate.

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