Question follow-through · 25779

Taxation: Electronic Government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled 436,000 sole traders and landlords make their tax digital, published on 12 August 2026, what proportion of taxpayers required to comply with Making Tax Digital

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
9 Sept 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled 436,000 sole traders and landlords make their tax digital, published on 12 August 2026, what proportion of taxpayers required to comply with Making Tax Digital

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    HMRC has worked extensively with software developers, agents and representative bodies to support the development and testing of compatible software products.There is a range of products available, including solutions designed for agents and customers wit...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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