Over 300,000 Individuals Signed Up for UK Digital Tax Reporting

More than 300,000 individuals have signed up for the UK’s mandatory quarterly digital tax updates regime, an official said Wednesday.

The UK tax authority is a “bit ahead” of its expectations in terms of the sign ups to the Making Tax Digital program, Jen Staves, director of e-invoicing at His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, said at the Accountex London 2026 event.

The registrations are just over one-third of 864,000 individuals HMRC expects to qualify in the first phase of MTD’s implementation for tax year 2025-26.

• MTD, which includes digital record-keeping and quarterly submission of income and expenses using commercial ...