Petition · past parliament
STOP THE £980M SPEND ON MAKING TAX DIGITAL NOW
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
Making Tax Digital is an HMRC initiative costing £980miliion and imposing a reporting burden on all businesses and landlords to provide figures which will not be looked at by HMRC.
If you think that this is absurd please sign this petition.
If you think that this is absurd please sign this petition.
Making Tax Digital is an HMRC initiative requiring all businesses and landlords, with a turnover in excess of £10k, to report figures to HMRC on a quarterly basis.
HMRC estimate that they will spend £980 million implementing MTD.
The problem is that HMRC WILL NOT use those figures!
So to restate that ...
MTD is an HMRC initiative costing £980miliion and imposing a reporting burden on all businesses and landlords to provide figures which will not be looked at by HMRC.
HMRC estimate that they will spend £980 million implementing MTD.
The problem is that HMRC WILL NOT use those figures!
So to restate that ...
MTD is an HMRC initiative costing £980miliion and imposing a reporting burden on all businesses and landlords to provide figures which will not be looked at by HMRC.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 7 Mar 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Mar 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
14 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.