Comply with Making Tax Digital for VAT
Easy MTD is a HMRC-recognised Windows application for businesses and agents. It enables users to view VAT obligations, liabilities and payments for any number of businesses, and submit VAT returns to HMRC in compliance with Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT.
VAT figures held in an Excel, text or csv file can be imported then submitted, meaning any business that uses a spreadsheet or non-compliant accounting software can use Easy MTD as a bridging solution to submit their VAT returns to HMRC. If you need to submit a nil/zero VAT return you don't even need a figures file - you just tick a checkbox.
VAT obligations, liabilities and payments can be viewed for free and submitting a VAT return costs from as little as £2+VAT - new sign-ups also get to submit their first VAT return for free.
What is MTD for VAT?
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is a HMRC service that was introduced in April 2019 to help ensure businesses get their VAT right. Under new MTD rules, business figures need to be kept digitally and HMRC's online VAT submission interface can no longer be used (unless you are exempt from using MTD for VAT).
If you record your business figures in Excel, Google Sheets, OpenOffice Calc or any other spreadsheet, or you use accounting software that is incompatible with MTD for VAT, bridging software, such as Easy MTD, must be used to submit VAT returns to HMRC.
When Does It Start?
MTD for VAT started in 2019 and all existing and newly VAT registered businesses must use it (unless exempt).
How Do I Comply?
You must use MTD-compliant software such as Easy MTD to submit a VAT return to HMRC - making sure to digitally link your figures.
What Figures Do I Digitally Link?
The 9 VAT figures that make up a VAT return must appear in a spreadsheet, text or csv file that is linked to the sales and expenses figures used to calculate them.
How Do I Get Going?
Start or continue recording your sales and expenses in a spreadsheet then download, install and configure Easy MTD. You can then submit your VAT return to HMRC. No accounting software required!
Need a Spreadsheet?
Through a business partner, we are able to provide Excel spreadsheets for various VAT schemes. You can use these to record your business sales and expenses, and calculate the VAT figures required by HMRC.*
Find Out More*Unlike many other MTD for VAT bridging solutions, you can use any Excel spreadsheet with Easy MTD - you do not require a special template and you can carry on using your current spreadsheet without change.
Why Choose Easy MTD
Just some of the reasons why you should choose Easy MTD as your MTD for VAT solution.
HMRC-Recognised
Easy MTD is 100% compliant with Making Tax Digital for VAT, and is listed on HMRC's "Find Software" web page.
Any Spreadsheet
Easy MTD can be used with your existing spreadsheets - it does not require a special template or layout, and you defintely don't need expensive accounting software.
Super Simple
Submitting a VAT return has never been so simple - select your spreadsheet, specify where the VAT figures are located then click the Submit button - sorted!.
Automated VAT Figures
If necessary, your VAT figures are correctly rounded, converted to whole numbers, calculated or assumed to be zero so they conform with HMRC rules.
Use With Any Scheme
As long as your Excel, text csv file contains the 9 VAT figures required by HMRC, you can use Easy MTD to submit your VAT return no matter what VAT scheme you use.
Installed Software
Easy MTD isn't Cloud software. Instead, it is installed on your computer or laptop so you can keep your own or your client's VAT figures secure.
Tried and Tested
The forerunner of Easy MTD - Easy MTD VAT - has been used to submit over 110K VAT returns for over 15K businesses.
First Submission is Free
When you sign up for an Easy MTD account, you are gifted a token that enables you to submit your first VAT return for free - after that prices start from £2+VAT per token.
Suitable for Everyone
Whether you’re submitting a VAT return for your own business or you're an agent submitting on behalf of your clients, Easy MTD gets the job done quickly and securely.
Try For Free
Sign up for an Easy MTD account and you'll receive a complimentary token that will allow you to submit your first VAT return for free*
Sign Up*Only available for new sign-ups, and only one free token per business or agent. Fly Software reserve the right to remove free tokens from ineligible accounts.
All You Need to Get MTD Sorted
Easy MTD provides everything you need to get MTD for VAT sorted
View Obligations
View your open and fulfilled VAT obligations then begin the submission process or view a VAT return.
Submit a VAT Return
Select your spreadsheet, text or csv file, specify where the 9 VAT figures appear then submit them to HMRC.
View Liabilities, Payments and Penalties
Stay informed about the VAT information held by HMRC within Easy MTD.
How Easy MTD Works
Download, Install and Configure
Download the Easy MTD setup file from here, install it, add a business then grant authority.
Retrieve Obligations
Click the Go button to retrieve your open and fulfilled VAT obligations from HMRC.
Submit a VAT Return
Select an open obligation, select a figures file then specify where the 9 VAT figures appear prior to submitting.
Review VAT Information
Conveniently review your VAT liabilities, payments and penalties without needing to login to the HMRC website.
Next Steps
If you're wondering what to do next with MTD for VAT, take a look at the following to kick start your journey:
Sign Up
You'll need an Easy MTD account before you can submit a VAT return to HMRC using Easy MTD. Sign up here today and we'll gift you a token.
Download
Easy MTD isn't Cloud software, so you'll need to download then install it. It works with Windows 10 and Windows 11 so if you're using one of those operating systems you're good to go.
Buy Tokens
You'll need a token to submit a VAT return - one token per submission. If you've used your free token or you weren't eligible, you'll need to buy one or more.
Support
There's a wealth of information at your fingertips to get you up and running with Easy MTD. Help, guides, videos and a knowledge base - we've got the lot and an AI helper.