Written Question·Treasury·UIN 104880

Sole Traders: Income Tax

Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Euan Stainbank

LabourFalkirk

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average compliance cost to sole traders of the transition to digital income tax in the 2026-27 financial year.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC’s latest published assessment of the potential impact of MTD for Income Tax across different taxpayer groups is available at: Extension of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment to sole traders and landlords - GOV.UK The government has wor...

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