# UK Making Tax Digital (Income Tax) Threshold Checker (`landlordtools/uk-mtd-income-tax-checker`) Actor

Does Making Tax Digital for Income Tax apply, and from when? Qualifying income from self-employment turnover and your share of rent, tested against the £50,000, £30,000 and £20,000 thresholds. See README.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/landlordtools/uk-mtd-income-tax-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [LandlordTools](https://apify.com/landlordtools) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 check results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Making Tax Digital (Income Tax) Threshold Checker

Check whether Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax applies to a sole trader or landlord, and from when. Give the gross figures from one tax year's return; get qualifying income, the threshold tested on that return, whether it is exceeded, and the date MTD starts. One JSON result goes to the dataset and to the key-value store's `OUTPUT` record.

**Not tax advice.** HMRC decides from the return you actually filed.

### The rules

MTD for Income Tax applies from 6 April 2026 if qualifying income on the 2024-25 return was over £50,000, from 6 April 2027 if it was over £30,000 on the 2025-26 return, and from 6 April 2028 if it was over £20,000 on the 2026-27 return [1]. Qualifying income is self-employment and property income before expenses; for jointly owned property only your share counts [2]. "Over" means strictly greater: exactly £30,000 is not over £30,000.

### Input

```json
{
  "returnYear": "2025-26",
  "selfEmploymentTurnover": 12500,
  "propertyIncome": 36000,
  "ownershipSharePercent": 50
}
```

- `returnYear`: required, `2024-25`, `2025-26` or `2026-27`.
- `selfEmploymentTurnover`, `propertyIncome`: optional, gross, 0 to 1,000,000,000, at most two decimal places. Default 0.
- `ownershipSharePercent`: optional, your share of the property income, above 0 and up to 100. Default 100.

Unknown fields are rejected. Do not include names or tax references.

### Example output

```json
{
  "qualifyingIncome": 30500,
  "threshold": 30000,
  "overThreshold": true,
  "mtdStartsFrom": "2027-04-06"
}
```

The full result also includes the inputs, notes and sources. See `examples/output.json`.

### Limits

Employment income, pensions, dividends and partnership profit shares do not count and are not inputs [2]. Exemptions (for example digital exclusion) are not assessed. Thresholds for later years must be added when HMRC announces them. The logic matches the free MTD threshold checker on landlorddeadlines.co.uk.

### Batch input

Send `{"items": [ ... ]}` with up to 1,000 inputs, each shaped like the single input above, to get one dataset row per item, each with its `index`. A bad item gives a row with `error` instead of failing the run. This suits AI agents (every Apify Actor is also an MCP tool) and bulk users.

### Integrations

Ready-made files in [`integrations/`](integrations/README.md): a **Microsoft Power Platform custom connector** (Power Automate, Power Apps, Logic Apps, Copilot Studio), **OpenAPI 3** (Azure API Management, Postman, n8n, AI agents), an **Excel / Power BI Power Query** script, a **Google Sheets** function, and curl, Python and JavaScript examples. Apify's own Zapier, Make and n8n apps and its MCP server work too.

### Pricing

Pay per event: $2 per 1,000 results, plus Apify's tiny per-run start fee ($0.00005). See the Pricing tab for the current price.

### Local use

With Node.js 22 or later, run `node cli.js examples/input.json`, or `npm test`.

### Sources

1. [GOV.UK: Find out if and when you need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-out-if-and-when-you-need-to-use-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax). Accessed 3 October 2026.
2. [GOV.UK: Work out your qualifying income for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-out-your-qualifying-income-for-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax). Accessed 3 October 2026.

[1]: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-out-if-and-when-you-need-to-use-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax

[2]: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-out-your-qualifying-income-for-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax

# Actor input Schema

## `returnYear` (type: `string`):

2024-25 tests £50,000 (MTD from 6 April 2026); 2025-26 tests £30,000 (from 6 April 2027); 2026-27 tests £20,000 (from 6 April 2028).

## `selfEmploymentTurnover` (type: `number`):

Gross, before expenses. Defaults to 0.

## `propertyIncome` (type: `number`):

Total gross rent from the property, before expenses. Defaults to 0.

## `ownershipSharePercent` (type: `number`):

Your share of the property income, above 0 and up to 100. Defaults to 100.

## `items` (type: `array`):

Instead of the fields above, a list of 1 to 1000 objects, each with those fields (required in each: returnYear). One dataset row per item; a bad item gives an error row.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "returnYear": "2025-26",
  "propertyIncome": 36000,
  "ownershipSharePercent": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `result` (type: `string`):

No description

## `output` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "returnYear": "2025-26",
    "selfEmploymentTurnover": 0,
    "propertyIncome": 36000,
    "ownershipSharePercent": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("landlordtools/uk-mtd-income-tax-checker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "returnYear": "2025-26",
    "selfEmploymentTurnover": 0,
    "propertyIncome": 36000,
    "ownershipSharePercent": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("landlordtools/uk-mtd-income-tax-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "returnYear": "2025-26",
  "selfEmploymentTurnover": 0,
  "propertyIncome": 36000,
  "ownershipSharePercent": 50
}' |
apify call landlordtools/uk-mtd-income-tax-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,landlordtools/uk-mtd-income-tax-checker"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/vilJKWe7M1g6yIRxi/builds/sCyZHwOwjI5GkPk3N/openapi.json