Course Details

After years of delay, confusion, and debate, Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax is almost upon us. This controversial government white elephant may seem like a pointless waste of time, but we can’t avoid it any longer: if you haven’t done so already, now is the time to prepare.

 

Topics to be covered will include:

  • Who will be caught and when?
  • What will they have to do?
  • How can you help them?
  • Making it worthwhile for your practice
  • What exemptions are available?
  • What happens to the old self-assessment tax return?

 

By attending this session, delegates will have a good idea what they need to do to be prepared for Making Tax Digital when it strikes next April.

The session will be of benefit to general practitioners, tax advisers, accountancy students, sole traders, and landlords.


Course Level: Foundation / Intermediate.

CPD Course Speaker

BSc FCA, Author and Presenter

Carl Bayley

Carl Bayley is the author of a series of plain English tax guides designed specifically for the layperson and the non-specialist (available from www.taxcafe.co.uk). His particular speciality is his ability to take the weird, complex, inexplicable world of taxation and set it out in the kind of clear, straightforward language taxpayers themselves can understand. Carl takes the same approach when speaking on taxation, a role he frequently undertakes with great enthusiasm, including his highly acclaimed annual ‘Budget Breakfast’ for the ICAEW. He has spoken on taxation on radio and television, including the BBC’s ‘It’s Your Money’ programme and BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show. Carl is a past Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the ICAEW and former member of the Institute’s governing Council and Board. Aside from his tax books, Carl is an avid creative writer. His first novel, Trinity of Souls, was published in 2024, with his second, Destiny of Souls, following in March 2025. When he isn’t working, he takes on the equally taxing challenges of hill walking and horse riding: his Munro tally is now 106 and, while he remains a novice rider, his progress is cantering along nicely. Carl lives in the Scottish Borders, where he enjoys spending time with his partner, Linda.