Keep digital records for Making Tax Digital for VAT
How to keep digital records if you’ve signed up for Making Tax Digital for VAT.
You can use any digital product to keep your records, including:
You must have digital links between the products you use by 31 March 2020, unless HMRC sent you a letter to tell you that you’re in the deferral group. If you’re in the deferral group, you must have digital links between the products you use by 30 September 2020.
Business records
You must keep the following business records digitally:
Your digital records are used to make up the VAT return you submit using compatible software.
Using more than one product to keep records
If you use more than one product to keep your digital records, you’ll need to digitally link them together.
A digital link is a transfer or exchange of data between the products you use to keep your records. You can create digital links by doing things like:
If you’re on a VAT scheme, there are some differences to the records you keep digitally.
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