How Is Making Tax Digital Affected by Maternity Leave?

How is Making Tax Digital affected by maternity leave?

With it being the biggest overhaul of tax filings for decades, Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax is set to pull in more and more people over the course of the next few years. This means that MTD needs to work alongside different people in different stages of life and the rules around this are beginning to be clarified. One of the most common ways for income to alter dramatically is when people go on maternity leave and you may think this a…

Does being on maternity leave make you exempt from Making Tax Digital?

Given that it is the biggest overhaul to the way that taxes are filed in decades, it is no wonder that Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax has a whole host of additional considerations to manage. As the timing when people are pulled into scope for MTD is based on income, you might wonder what would happen if there was something that disrupted your income during this year. Rules regarding maternity leave have now been clarified and this infor…