Written Question·Treasury·UIN 122373

Taxation: Digital Technology

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much public money has been spent to date on the development and roll-out of Making Tax Digital; and what the projected total cost is for completing the programme.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Originally announced at Budget 2015, Making Tax Digital (MTD) supports UK businesses to transact digitally. It encourages timely and accurate record keeping, reducing the part of the tax gap caused by taxpayer error and failure to take reasonable care. T...

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