Do you Work with Different VAT Schemes?

Yes, we work with all VAT Schemes. FRS, Groups, Partial Exemption, Capital Goods, Margin Schemes, Cash Accounting, Annual Scheme, Retail Schemes, Payments on Account etc can all use our software.Just ensure the figures on your return are calculated correctly according to your scheme rules and are put in the correct boxes as per the rules for your VAT scheme. (Eg: on the FRS, Box 6 is the Gross Sales (inc. VAT), and Box 1 is your FRS % multiplied by your box 6 figure – other boxes are normally zero).

How Do I File My EC Sales List?

EC Sales Lists are not yet part of Making Tax Digital, so file those however you were filing them previously.

Contact Us to join the ITSA MTD Beta now or join our waiting list by Clicking Here to be notified when our software is more generally available.

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Making Tax Digital
for Self Employed

Self Employed Income Tax MTD for Spreadsheets

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Making Tax Digital for Self Employed

Do your Bookkeeping
on our

Link our Worksheet with
your Spreadsheet

Upload summary data
to our website

File your data to HMRC

Using Our Bookkeeping Spreadsheet

Using Your Bookkeeping Spreadsheet

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Sage & Quickbooks

Instead of printing your Profit & Loss Report in your software, export it to Excel.
Upload the Excel file to our website for Quarterly Submission.

MTD Self Employed Software Reviews

I’ve filed 40 VAT Returns so far on 123 Sheets for clients, and have found it efficient, simple and easy to use.

BR Pusser & Co

I tried other bridging software, and gave up in despair! I then found 123 Sheets which I found simple and easy to file my VAT Return

Trusted Floor Solutions Ltd

The software looked so easy, I suspected fraud. My accountant told me you are legitimately approved by HMRC. I’ve now filed my first VAT Return with ease.

Abbey Pet Foods

I feel smug that I have filed my first VAT Return with 123 Sheets, and haven’t had to pay hundreds to one of the larger software providers.

Saxtead Livestock Ltd

I’ve filed 40 VAT Returns so far on 123 Sheets for clients, and have found it efficient, simple and easy to use.

BR Pusser & Co

I looked at various software, but found this the simplest and easiest. I’ve filed 4 VAT Returns so far for my clients. I didn’t need to read any instructions.

All Paul Ltd

Many thanks for your endless patient help with MTD registrations. I hope you don't mind but I have recommended your software to quite a number of clients.

Martin Seitler & Co

I looked at various software, but found this the simplest and easiest. I’ve filed 4 VAT Returns so far for my clients. I didn’t need to read any instructions.

All Paul Ltd

I’ve filed 40 VAT Returns so far on 123 Sheets for clients, and have found it efficient, simple and easy to use.

BR Pusser & Co

I looked at various software, but found this the simplest and easiest. I’ve filed 4 VAT Returns so far for my clients. I didn’t need to read any instructions.

All Paul Ltd

Many thanks for your endless patient help with MTD registrations. I hope you don't mind but I have recommended your software to quite a number of clients.

Martin Seitler & Co

I’ve filed 40 VAT Returns so far on 123 Sheets for clients, and have found it efficient, simple and easy to use.

BR Pusser & Co

I looked at various software, but found this the simplest and easiest. I’ve filed 4 VAT Returns so far for my clients. I didn’t need to read any instructions.

All Paul Ltd

Many thanks for your endless patient help with MTD registrations. I hope you don't mind but I have recommended your software to quite a number of clients.

Martin Seitler & Co

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Self Employed MTD Software – Taking the stress out of MTD compliance

All self-employed people with an income over £30,000 will be required from or after April 2026 to use a third-party making tax digital software for self employed. As spreadsheets do not typically allow data flow to and from government servers, this requires suitable self-employed bridging software such as provided by 123 Sheets to electronically send quarterly summary data to/from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

We provide self employed ITSA MTD for taxpayers who like spreadsheets to file their MTD quarterly data to HMRC.

Annual Pricing

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Single Business

Price Per Business:

£19.75

This licence allows you to use our software with up to Single Business.

Annual Price (ex. VAT):

£19.75

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MTD for Self-Employed FAQ’s

How does our MTD for Income Tax Software work?

Continue to use your existing spreadsheet and insert an additional worksheet for each quarter to collect their quarterly summary data and upload the spreadsheet to our web service to send data to HMRC. Users may need to update their own expense categories, to match those of HMRCs.

In conjunction with our paid-for web service, you can use one of our free and simple spreadsheets to enter your accounting data to upload data to HMRC.

All income and expense categories are pre-matched to HMRCs expense categories and allows bespoke categories to be added if desired. Spreadsheets run complete ledger reports, deal simply with dis-allowable expenditure, run VAT Returns and show profit reports per property or pre-self-employment for those that run multiple business units. Property rental income and expense totals can be quickly split between multiple owners for submission to HMRC.

Some users of Sage, QuickBooks and possibly other products will use our software to export an Excel report out of their accounting software and upload that to our website in order to send data to HMRC.

The reason the user might not want Sage or QB to file the data to HMRC is because Sage for example will charge the user £400+ a year for the privilege, but we only charge £20 (£40 after first year). We currently do that for VAT Returns that need to have data sent to HMRC.

What is ‘Making Tax Digital’?

There are two basic elements to this:
‍
1. You must keep your bookkeeping, through to the VAT filing, on computerised systems. You cannot do it in ledger books/paper anymore;

2. The business government gateway website is gradually being taken down. If your bookkeeping software doesn’t have a facility for you to file your VAT Return, you will need bridging software. This is what we provide.

What Data do you Send to HMRC?

We extract out of your spreadsheet the nine-box VAT Return figures and send those to HMRC.
HMRC do not get your spreadsheet. We do not keep anything you upload to us.

Does Your Software Last Just for a Year?

No, our software has been approved by HM Revenue & Customs for long-term use to accept spreadsheets.

Don’t get sucked in by the tales of some software providers that spreadsheets are only a temporary solution.

How Do I Insert The 123Sheets Worksheet Into My Spreadsheet?

Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVH8e7gi9Z8

‍or follow these steps:

1. Ensure you have both spreadsheets open on Excel: our worksheet and your bookkeeping spreadsheet;
2. Then, click on "View" then "View Side-by-Side". You should now see both spreadsheets at the same time: one above, one below on the same page;
3. Now pick up by the tab and drop either our worksheet into your spreadsheet, or vice versa to finish.

Failing that, you do not need to merge our worksheet into yours. You can keep the two spreadsheets separate, and use a formula to move your VAT Return nine-box figures to our spreadsheet and just upload that.

What records must you keep digitally?

There are two basic elements to this:

1. You must keep your bookkeeping on computerised systems. You cannot do it in ledger books/paper anymore;
2. If your bookkeeping software doesn’t have a facility for you to file your quarterly submissions, you will need bridging software. This is what we provide.

Don’t I need to Put My Business Details in The Spreadsheet?

No. In order to file a return, you will set up an account with us and enter there those details there. When filing a return to HMRC, we send those details and your rental income and expense summary totals to HMRC, so we do not need to ask you for them each time you submit data to HMRC.

I Don’t Have Excel, Do You Work With Other Spreadsheet Software?

Yes. Please click on the relevant software link below to see how to do it

.Google Sheets
‍ Apple Numbers
‍ Libre Office
‍ Open Office

‍If your software is missing from the above list, let us know what it is and we’ll get back to you.

Do you Work with Sage, Quickbooks and Other Bookkeeping Software?

Yes, we have a section above for Sage and Quickbooks. As long as your software allows you to export your income and expenses into Excel or a .csv file, you can use our software. If it will only export a PDF, you can use a free PDF converter on the internet to convert your file into an Excel file. We are looking to increase the number of automatic imports for different software. If your software isn’t listed, get in touch, and we may be able to provide an automatic import facility for you within a week or so.

What Kind of Businesses do you Work With?

We work with all sizes of businesses, organisations and individuals.

How do I Purchase Your Software?

Create an account with us. Do that by clicking on “Create Account” near the top of this page. Then log in to your account and select the ‘Purchase’ link.