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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Graphic designers: Adobe Creative Cloud, font licensing, and MTD home office claims

Understand design software, fonts, equipment, homeworking expenses and overseas client payments when keeping Making Tax Digital records.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Furniture restorers and upholsterers: specialist fabrics, workshop power, and MTD

Learn how to record upholstery materials, restoration equipment, workshop utilities, customer advances and Making Tax Digital updates.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Freelance bookkeepers: professional software, practice indemnity, and MTD quarterly updates

A practical guide to a bookkeeper’s own practice expenses, AML supervision, software recharges and Making Tax Digital responsibilities.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Flooring contractors: screeds, underlay trade accounts, and MTD cash-basis tracking

Learn how to record flooring materials, tools, trade accounts and cash-basis payments, including the specific CIS rules for carpet fitting.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Fencing contractors: timber posts, post-mix, and mobile van record keeping under MTD

Understand fencing materials, equipment, waste charges, CIS and mixed trade receipts when keeping Making Tax Digital records.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Event florists: flower market wholesale, refrigeration, and managing wedding deposits

Learn how event florists can record wholesale flowers, cold storage, reusable vessels, wedding advances and Making Tax Digital updates.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Electricians and Making Tax Digital: wholesale cable, test meters, and site expense logging

Understand electrical materials, test equipment, calibration, CIS deductions and trade account records under Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Driving instructors and MTD: dual-control car leases, pupil fees, and fuel deductions

Understand the mileage exclusion for dual-control cars, lease restrictions, fuel costs and advance lesson payments under Making Tax Digital.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Driveway and paving contractors: heavy aggregates, plant hire, and MTD turnover thresholds

Learn how paving contractors should record aggregates, plant hire, customer advances, CIS and gross turnover under Making Tax Digital.

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Making Tax Digital · Sole traders

Self-employed drivers: vehicle leasing, fuel cards, and staying compliant with MTD

Understand vehicle leases, car rental restrictions, fuel cards, business mileage and gross booking income for self-employed drivers using MTD.

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