MTD Qualifying Income Calculator

Qualifying income is your combined gross self-employment and property income, before any expenses. Add yours up to see whether it crosses a Making Tax Digital threshold, and what that would mean. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

Turnover, not profit, before any expenses. Leave blank if you have none.

Your gross property income

Gross rents, before letting agent fees, repairs or any other expenses. Leave blank if you have none.

What about my other income?

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax looks only at your gross self-employment and property income. Left out of the qualifying-income test: income taxed through PAYE (employment), dividends, savings interest, capital gains, and partnership income (for now). Being employed, even on a high salary, does not bring you in on its own.

Your qualifying income: £0

You have no qualifying income for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. Only gross self-employment and property income count towards it.

What doesn’t count towards it: income taxed through PAYE (employment), dividends, savings interest, capital gains, and partnership income (for now). Being employed, even on a high salary, does not bring you into Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on its own.

Want your exact wave, your filing deadlines and a calendar to download? The MTD Start Date Checker asks about each tax year and gives your full personal verdict.

Assumptions behind this result

  • Your wave is set by your qualifying income for the specific tax year HMRC assesses, not just today’s figure. This tool assumes the amount you entered reflects your income for the year that applies to you. For your exact wave, use the Start Date Checker.
  • The thresholds are more than £50,000 for 2024/25, more than £30,000 for 2025/26, more than £20,000 for 2026/27, as currently legislated.
  • Qualifying income is your combined gross self-employment turnover and property income, before any expenses.

Sources: GOV.UK: Work out your qualifying income for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax · GOV.UK: Find out if and when you need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax · GOV.UK: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax collection

Facts last verified: 7 July 2026.

This page gives general information, not tax or financial advice, and TaxQuarters is independent, not connected to HMRC. Your circumstances may differ; for advice, speak to a qualified accountant or tax adviser. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

Related: MTD Start Date Checker for your full personal verdict, or the MTD Deadline Calculator for your filing dates.