In brief: A summary of updated MTD for IT guidance on GOV.UK

The Government has updated some of its pages on Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for IT). Here’s where you can look on GOV.UK for the latest information.

HMRC has been working to deliver MTD for IT for customers. That’s involved updating a number of their web pages (below) as well as making improvements, such as introducing multiple agent capacity for taxpayers.

As part of this effort, HMRC has just launched a new campaign page on MTD.

Updated GOV.UK pages

• The new Making Tax Digital campaign page
• Use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – Guidance
• Sign up for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
• Making Tax Digital for Income Tax for individuals: step by step
• Sign up your client for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
• Making Tax Digital for Income Tax as an agent: step by step
• Add your client authorisations for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

HMRC is also hosting MTD for IT events at its offices across the UK, which you can read about in its agent update.

Multiple agent solution

HMRC is pleased to confirm that it has enabled multiple agent capability for taxpayers (GOV.UK), and the solution is live.

The self-employed and landlords that sign up to use MTD for IT can choose to authorise more than one agent to help them with their Income Tax responsibilities. Introducing multiple agent capability is intended to:

• Provide greater flexibility for MTD for IT customers to appoint or authorise agents to act on their behalf.
• Further support MTD for Income Tax customers in meeting their mandatory reporting and submission obligations.
• Prevent MTD for IT customers with multiple agents from needing to re-authorise them throughout the year, reducing the admin burden on customers and agents.

HMRC will continue to monitor and improve the system ahead of MTD for IT being enforced in April 2026.

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