Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

Help me get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.

My income: [self-employment, property or both]
Rough qualifying income last tax year: [amount, or a range]
How I keep records now: [spreadsheet, app, paper, accountant does it]
Do I have an accountant: [yes or no]

First ask me up to 4 short questions. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Look up the GOV.UK page on who needs to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax and when. Name it, and explain the start dates and thresholds in plain words.
2. Tell me to run HMRC's own checking tool on that page to confirm if and when it applies to me.
3. What I'll need to do differently: digital records, quarterly updates and the end of year.
4. How to shortlist software from HMRC's find software tool: the questions that matter for a business like mine.
5. A set-up timeline working back from my likely start date.

Not tax advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English.

For GOV.UK Making Tax Digital for Income Tax eligibility and dates, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

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