Focused public-page reviewPublic sources onlyUncommissioned review

Based on the public pages of Nineteen Accountants

Public MTD guidance and client-action review.

QuarterReady reviewed Nineteen's Making Tax Digital page and checked the self-employed and landlord section against the current HMRC timetable. The section currently begins with 'In April 2024', although the live Income Tax programme now has three staged start years.

Lead page checkedMaking Tax Digital

Review finding

The clearest issue found.

What is already working · 1

A dedicated MTD service page is live.

What is already working · 2

The page explicitly names self-employed people and landlords.

What is already working · 3

A corporate general inbox is first-party published.

Finding on the pages checked

On the page checked, the self-employed and landlord paragraph begins 'In April 2024' and then stops mid-sentence. HMRC's current timetable starts the first Income Tax cohort on 6 April 2026, followed by cohorts in 2027 and 2028.

Why a client may hesitate

A sole trader or landlord may treat the page as out of date or conclude that they have already missed the relevant start point.

Evidence to action

What changes, and why.

01 · Evidence framing

Making Tax Digital: The section currently begins with 'In April 2024', although the live Income Tax programme now has three staged start years.

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02 · Recommended correction

Replace the stale opening with the current three-cohort timetable, a visible checked date and a simple start-year action.

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QuarterReady draft

Current MTD opening block

proposed page copy

The draft below is tailored to the pages reviewed. Depending on the finding, it provides either public-page wording or exact wording changes. The firm checks shown below still need completing before anything is published in the firm's name.

Uncommissioned draft based on Nineteen Accountants's public pages

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is now in force for people whose 2024–25 Self Assessment return showed total gross income from self-employment and property above £50,000. Later cohorts are scheduled from 6 April 2027 above £30,000 and from 6 April 2028 above £20,000, using the relevant prior return. Qualifying income is measured before expenses.

Checked 30 August 2026: the next standard quarterly-update deadline is 7 November 2026.

Use this as a starting-point screen only. Eligibility, exemptions and individual circumstances still need checking against current HMRC guidance.

Before use

Time-sensitive draft. Recheck HMRC and replace the deadline line after 7 November 2026.

Draft stress-test

Three cases the draft should handle.

No client data was used. These are test cases for the wording and path.

CASE 01

2024–25 qualifying income was £52,000

Likely start: 6 April 2026

The replacement must remove the stale 2024 start date and keep the eligibility caveat.

CASE 02

2025–26 qualifying income is £32,000

Likely start: 6 April 2027

The relevant return year and threshold must stay paired.

CASE 03

The page is still live after 7 November 2026

The deadline line needs refreshing

A visible checked date and content owner prevent another stale-date problem.

Checks before use

What still needs a human decision.

  1. 01

    Replace the outdated opening with the supplied copy and link it to the current HMRC guidance.

  2. 02

    Add a short start-year check and state what Nineteen will provide after an MTD enquiry.

  3. 03

    Confirm every date and threshold, then check the wording, links and mobile layout before publication.

Firm confirmation

Do you segment clients by cohort and income-source count?

Who confirms agent authorisation and MTD sign-up status?

Which record-keeping routes do you support?

What should a prospect receive after a first MTD enquiry?

Free review boundary

From public draft to working system.

This review identifies a public-page issue and supplies a usable first draft. It does not inspect client records, software or internal delivery.

A commissioned implementation would include
  • Segmenting the real client portfolio by start year, income source, exemption route and risk
  • Mapping software, digital records, authorisation and record ownership to each client
  • Building the operational reminder sequence, exception queue and staff hand-off
  • Implementing, testing and maintaining the workflow against live internal data

That work starts only with Nineteen Accountants's permission and access. The free draft remains available whether or not the firm continues.

Source register

Pages used for this finding and draft.

This review was not commissioned or approved by Nineteen Accountants. The firm name identifies the public pages reviewed. The review is not tax, legal or compliance advice.

Correction first

Did this miss a page or misunderstand the service?

Send the relevant page and the review will be corrected. If the finding is accurate, QuarterReady can map the draft to the firm's real client workflow, ownership and exceptions.