Making Tax Digital · East London
Making Tax Digital accountants in St George in the East
If you have had a letter from HMRC about Making Tax Digital in St George in the East, or you are not sure whether your income puts you in the first wave, this is the service. We assess your position, set up the digital records and handle every quarterly deadline for clients across East London, online, at a fee agreed before we start.
from £99 · fixed setup, then from £35/quarter
Next deadlines
- MTD quarterly update deadline (7 August, 7 November, 7 February, 7 May)
- VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
- VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
- VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
Who this is for
Making Tax Digital for St George in the East
Sole traders and landlords in St George in the East with qualifying income over £50,000 who are already in MTD for Income Tax, those over £30,000 joining in April 2027 and £20,000 planned for April 2028, VAT-registered businesses still filing from spreadsheets or non-compliant software, and anyone who received an HMRC letter about digital record keeping and wants it handled rather than explained.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Your MTD start date confirmed from your 2024/25 qualifying income and HMRC's phased thresholds
- MTD-compatible software chosen, set up and connected to HMRC with digital links from bank feeds
- Digital record keeping configured so every transaction meets the requirements without re-keying
- Quarterly updates submitted to HMRC by the 7th following each quarter, from your reconciled records
- The year-end final declaration prepared and filed in place of the traditional Self Assessment return
- MTD for VAT setup and the first return filed for businesses still on spreadsheets or old software
How it works
Making Tax Digital from St George in the East, step by step
Tell us your situation
A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.
Fixed fee in writing
You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.
Send records, review the draft
Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.
We file, you get the receipts
Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.
Why IGI
The IGI way of working, in St George in the East
One fixed fee for making tax digital in St George in the East, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.
Nothing for St George in the East is left to the last week. Each deadline relevant to making tax digital is tracked from the day you join, with the next four shown on every page we send you.
No appointments, no travel across East London, no parking. Everything for making tax digital in St George in the East happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.
You get one contact for making tax digital, not a queue. St George in the East clients message the same person throughout and get an answer in working hours, usually within a few hours.
The output for St George in the East clients is never just a form. It is the form, a one-page summary of what it says, and a note of the decisions it points to for making tax digital.
Approval before filing is a rule, not a courtesy. For making tax digital in St George in the East, every submission to HMRC or Companies House follows your written go-ahead.
Local facts
About St George in the East
St George in the East is in East London, within Tower Hamlets, in the E1W postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Shadwell, Tower Hamlets | 0.2 mi | NE |
| Wapping, Tower Hamlets | 0.2 mi | SW |
| St. Katharine's and Wapping | 0.3 mi | SW |
| Whitechapel | 0.7 mi | NW |
| Ratcliff | 0.7 mi | E |
| Tower of London | 0.7 mi | W |
| Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets | 0.8 mi | W |
| Stepney, Tower Hamlets | 0.8 mi | NE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Employer National Insurance
Since April 2025 employer National Insurance has been 15% on earnings above a £5,000 secondary threshold, a substantial increase for small employers. The Employment Allowance rose to £10,500 at the same time to soften it for the smallest businesses. Directors deciding their own salary weigh this cost against the Corporation Tax deduction a salary provides.
Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment duties begin the day you take on your first employee, not when the Pensions Regulator writes to you. Eligible staff must be enrolled, contributions paid every pay period and re-enrolment carried out every three years. Director-only companies without employment contracts are usually exempt. Fines for non-compliance are fixed and escalating.
Dormant companies
Dormancy is a status that is easy to lose. The strict rule is no accounting transactions other than share capital and Companies House fees, which means no bank account activity at all in practice. Fees should be paid personally by the director. A company that traded and has stopped becomes dormant only after its final trading accounts and tax return are filed and HMRC is told.
The trading and property allowances
The first £1,000 of trading income and, separately, the first £1,000 of property income each year is tax free under the trading and property allowances. Below those figures no return is needed for that income. Above them you can deduct the £1,000 allowance instead of actual expenses if that is better, which suits side businesses and single-room lets with few costs.
Crypto records and reporting
HMRC treats cryptoassets as property. Swapping one token for another, spending crypto or gifting it are all disposals for Capital Gains Tax, and staking and lending rewards are income. Gains are computed under pooling rules with same-day and 30-day matching. From 2026 HMRC receives data from exchanges worldwide under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, so unreported activity is increasingly visible.
The 60-day property CGT return
Selling UK residential property that was not your main home for the whole period of ownership triggers a separate Capital Gains Tax return, due within 60 days of completion along with payment of the tax. This is in addition to the annual Self Assessment. The gain is taxed at 18% or 24% depending on your income band, after the £3,000 annual exempt amount.
Record keeping
Record keeping is a legal obligation with a penalty of up to £3,000 for failure, but its real value is in making every other filing cheaper and more defensible. Keep invoices, receipts, bank statements, mileage logs and any HMRC correspondence, digitally if you like, for five years after the relevant filing deadline for individuals and six years for companies and VAT.
Questions
Making Tax Digital questions from St George in the East
What does the £99 readiness check and setup include?
Confirmation of your start date, choice and setup of MTD-compatible software suited to your business, bank feeds connected, the chart of categories mapped to HMRC's reporting lines, the authorisation of the software with HMRC, and a short walkthrough so you know how to capture receipts and invoices day to day.
Can I keep using my spreadsheet?
Only with bridging software that links the spreadsheet digitally to HMRC, and the links must be digital, not copy-and-paste. For VAT this remains workable; for Income Tax the quarterly category reporting makes proper software far less effort. We set up whichever approach suits you and explain the trade-off honestly.
When does Making Tax Digital for Income Tax apply to me?
It depends on your gross self-employment plus property income on your 2024/25 return: over £50,000 means you joined from 6 April 2026; over £30,000 means 6 April 2027; over £20,000 is planned for April 2028. Below £20,000 there is currently no requirement. We check your figures and confirm the date in writing.
What do I actually have to do under MTD for Income Tax?
Keep records of income and expenses digitally in compatible software, send HMRC a quarterly update summarising them by 7 August, 7 November, 7 February and 7 May, and submit a final declaration with any adjustments and other income by 31 January. The tax payment dates are unchanged.
What are the penalties under MTD?
A points-based system: one point for each late quarterly update or declaration, and a £200 penalty once you reach four points, with the count resetting after a period of compliance. Late payment penalties start at 3% after 15 days. The first year has been described by HMRC as light-touch, but points still accrue.
I am a landlord with a job. Does MTD apply to my rental income?
Yes, if your gross rental income, added to any self-employment income, exceeds the threshold for your start year. Employment income does not count towards the threshold but is reported in the final declaration. Jointly owned property has simplified rules allowing the income-only reporting of your share each quarter.
Do you have an office in St George in the East?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve St George in the East and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for making tax digital is the same in St George in the East as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is making tax digital in St George in the East really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in St George in the East pays and what a client in any other part of England pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.
Ready to fix your fee in St George in the East?
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.