Tips

Sage 50 Accounts

Setting up Making Tax Digital for Income Tax for Sole Traders

Note: This is just for sole traders and not for Landlords

1. Log in to Sage 50 Accounts as Manager.
2. If you are not already using connected service, go to Apps and add-ons and select learn more in the MTD for Income Tax tile.
3. Press Get Started.

If you are already using connected services, you can open from Connected services then MTD for income tax.

You will then see ‘Set up Making Tax Digital for income tax’ window.

4. Select Connect company to a Sage Account.

This opens the ‘Connect your company to a Sage account’ window.

5. Enter your name then press Continue.
6. Enter your company details then press Continue.
7. Log in with your Sage account email address. Use the Sage account who is the account owner.

You will see a message ‘Great news, you’re connected’ with your company name and Sage Account email.

8. Press Continue.
9. Select the relevant option from:

• Sign up on HMRC – Select this option to sign up to MTD for Income Tax on GOV.UK.
• I’m signed up – continue setup – select this option if you have already signed up to MTD for Income Tax.

Once you have signed up, the next step is to authorise Sage to share updates with HMRC. You can then submit your quarterly submission values.

10. Press Authorise with HMRC.

NOTE: You will need your Government Gateway login details and your National Insurance number.

11. Press Continue on the ‘Allow your software to connect to HMRC’ window.

The ‘What you will need’ window appears.

12. Press Sign in to the HMRC online service.
13. Enter your HMRC credentials, then press Sign in.
14. Choose Give permission on the ‘Allow your software to connect with HMRC’ window.
15. Enter you National Insurance number on the ‘Find your business’ window then press Continue.
16. Select the correct business then press Continue.

The Business overview displays your company information.

17. Press Confirm and complete setup.

TIP: you can change the Update period in the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Settings Window.

Now you have set up MTD for Income Tax, you will see new options in the software:

• MTD for Income Tax settings option in Connected services
• Assign Income Tax categories in Nominal Codes.
• Submit quarterly update in Nominal Codes.

Assigning Income Tax categories for Making Tax Digital (MTD) Sage 50 accounts V33.1 and above

You need to set income tax categories on the Profit and Loss nominal codes so you can send you MTD for Income Tax Quarterly updates.

When you submit your quarterly update, you will see two sections, Business income, and Business expenses.

The categories in the Assign Nominal Codes to Income tax Categories window relate to the areas in your Chart of Accounts.

These are:

• Sales
• Purchases
• Direct Expenses
• Overheads
• Taxation

1. Log in to Sage 50 Accounts as Manager or as a user with full access to the Nominal codes module.
2. Go the Nominal codes then select Assign Income Tax categories.
3. Select the relevant category in the Income tax category dropdown against code Name.

In Sage 50 accounts V34 and above, you can use the Search function to narrow down the list of categories on this window.

4. Select Save once you have assigned your categories.

Note: When you assign the tax categories to your Profit and Loss codes, the software assigns them to all relevant existing transactions.

If you would like help setting up MTD for Income Tax or assigning tax categories to your Profit and Loss Account or any other help with your Sage 50 Accounts, please contact us