Making Tax Digital Update Due 7 November | Paisley & Glasgow | Marsal Accountants
Making Tax Digital: the 7 November update for Paisley, Glasgow & Central Scotland
If your qualifying income is over £50,000, the second Making Tax Digital update for 2026/27 is due by Saturday 7 November 2026. It is a summary of income and expenses. No tax is paid with it.
Marsal Accountants is in Paisley. We send these updates for sole traders and landlords in Glasgow and Central Scotland who are already in Making Tax Digital.
Who this Saturday is for
Not every Self Assessment client.
You are in this round if you are a sole trader or a landlord and your qualifying income was over £50,000. That figure is self-employment and property income added together, before expenses. HMRC brought that group in from 6 April 2026.
A joiner in Paisley invoicing £60,000 before costs is in. A landlord whose rent and self-employment together stay under £50,000 is not, not this year. The £30,000 group starts from 6 April 2027. Check your own position on GOV.UK.
One source of income, one update. A trade and a UK property business each need their own.
What you are actually sending
The update is cumulative. The 7 November totals run from the start of the year to 5 October, not from July alone.
| Standard period | Calendar period | Deadline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| This update | 6 April to 5 October | 1 April to 30 September | 7 November 2026 |
| Next one | 6 April to 5 January | 1 April to 31 December | 7 February 2027 |
Same deadline either way. You send it through compatible software. A spreadsheet is fine only if bridging software submits the totals to HMRC.
HMRC has said you can send the update on the Saturday itself. The Self Assessment helpline is open that day, 9am to 3pm. Our view: send it on Friday if the records are ready. Monday is late.
There is no tax calculation in the update, and nothing to pay because of it. HMRC’s note on the deadline is clear on that. The bill still comes with the return.
Do not mix this up with 31 January
The Self Assessment return for 2025/26 is a different job. Online filing, and the tax, are still due by 31 January 2027. Making Tax Digital has not replaced that return. People in the scheme still file it. The dates are in our Self Assessment deadlines note.
If the August update was late or thin, repair the records before you send this one. Each update retells the year so far. A missing receipt from May still belongs in the November totals.
What we would do this week
Pull the bank transactions from 6 April to 5 October. Code them. Send the update.
If the software is not connected to HMRC, that is the blocker. The expense categories can wait an hour. The connection cannot.
Digital records still sit underneath this. Landlords can start from the rental income guide.
We prepare the update from bookkeeping that is already in order, and we still file the Self Assessment return in January. Contact us if this Saturday’s update is not in yet.
