Sole Trader Plus Landlord? How Combined Income Affects MTD
In short: HMRC adds your self-employment and property income together for the Making Tax Digital test: a £30,000 trade plus £25,000 of rent makes £55,000, over the £50,000 threshold, so MTD applied from 6 April 2026. The same test applies at the £30,000 (6 April 2027) and £20,000 (6 April 2028) thresholds, but once you're in, each income source gets its own quarterly updates.
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