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HMRC Making Tax Digital

The HMRC Making Tax Digital integration lets UK VAT-registered businesses file their VAT returns to HMRC directly from Fiskl. This page explains what the integration does, and how to prepare your VAT setup so you are ready when it switches on.

Coming soon

Fiskl's HMRC connection is in HMRC's approval process. On the Integrations screen, the HMRC Making Tax Digital card shows "Awaiting approval from HMRC. It switches on automatically once approved." You do not need to do anything to turn it on.

What the Integration Does​

Once HMRC approves the connection, you authorise Fiskl with your Government Gateway account. Fiskl then retrieves your VAT obligations from HMRC and builds each VAT return from your classified transactions. You review the return in Fiskl and submit it to HMRC.

If your accountant files your VAT returns, they can hold the HMRC authorisation for you. Your registration then shows Managed by your accountant, and there is nothing for you to connect.

Prepare Your VAT Setup Now​

You can do everything except connect to HMRC today. Your returns are only as accurate as your tax setup, so it is worth finishing this first.

Set Up Your UK Registration​

  1. Go to Settings > Tax Management > Taxes.
  2. Select New Tax Agency, or select Manage on your existing UK agency.
  3. Select United Kingdom as the country.
  4. Enter your 9-digit VAT registration number and your VAT registration date.
  5. Select your Filing Period, then the Period months your VAT quarters end in.
  6. Select your accounting scheme, such as Standard, Cash accounting, or Flat rate.
  7. Toggle Northern Ireland Protocol on if you trade goods with the EU from Northern Ireland.
  8. Select Save.

See Tax Management for every field on the registration.

Classify Your Tax Rates​

Every UK tax rate needs a classification, so Fiskl knows which box of the VAT return it belongs in. Rates marked Needs classification still calculate tax, but their figures are held back from the return.

See Classifying Tax Rates.

Finish Your Registration Setup​

Your registration shows Setup incomplete until you confirm it.

  1. Open your UK registration from Settings > Tax Management > Taxes.
  2. Check that Registration details saved and At least one classified tax rate are both ticked.
  3. Select Mark setup complete.

You can mark setup complete before you connect to HMRC. The connection is needed to file, not to finish setup.

Common Issues​

The HMRC Making Tax Digital card cannot be connected

The connection is waiting for HMRC's approval. It switches on automatically once approved, and this page will be updated with the steps to connect and file.

I cannot mark setup complete

Fiskl needs a valid 9-digit VAT registration number, your VAT registration date, and at least one classified tax rate on the registration. The message on screen tells you which one is missing.