Question follow-through · 3619

Taxation: Electronic Government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to an average self-employed person of the reduction in the self-reporting threshold in the rollout of Making Tax Digital to £20,000 by 2028.

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Treasury
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to an average self-employed person of the reduction in the self-reporting threshold in the rollout of Making Tax Digital to £20,000 by 2028.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

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  3. 3 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Costs will differ from business to business and are influenced by factors including size and complexity of the business, degree of digital capability and cost and functionality of chosen software. HMRC has published assessment of the potential impact of M...

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