Only 3.3% of This Year’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ Victims Attended HMRC Training Sessions
Only 3.3% of individuals affected by the first phase of HMRC's Making Tax Digital initiative have attended the agency's training webinars, despite ongoing efforts to prepare taxpayers. The program requires eligible individuals to maintain digital records and submit quarterly updates, with expanding thresholds set through 2028. HMRC continues to offer educational webinars through June 2026, but low attendance raises concerns about readiness.
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Only 3.3% of the people who have been dragged into the first batch of Making Tax Digital requirements have attended one of HMRC’s explanatory webinars. No one is ready for the coming carnage… Making Tax Digital requires in-scope individuals to move from using the traditional Self Assessment portal and instead keep digital records in HMRC-recognised software and submit four quarterly updates per year, followed by a Final Declaration. It is dragging increasing numbers of self-filers into the system: From 6 April 2026: mandated where receipts are over £50,000. 864,000 in this group… From 6 April 2027: mandated where receipts are over £30,000. From 6 April 2028: mandated where receipts are over £20,000.
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