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Letter to HMRC: All Self-Employment and Property Income Ceased Before 6 April 2026
[YOUR FULL NAME]
[YOUR ADDRESS]
National Insurance number: [NI NUMBER]
Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR): [UTR]
[PHONE] · [EMAIL]
Self Assessment
HM Revenue and Customs
BX9 1AS
United Kingdom
[DATE]
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax — all self-employment and property income ceased before 6 April 2026
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to tell you that all my self-employment and property income ceased before 6 April 2026. I have not yet submitted a 2025 to 2026 tax return that shows this. Please update your records so that I am not signed up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
1. Income sources and the dates they stopped
Source Details Date it ceased Evidence I hold
Self-employment [TRADE OR BUSINESS NAME AND DESCRIPTION] [DATE OF LAST TRADING] [FINAL INVOICE / CLOSING BANK STATEMENT]
UK property [ADDRESS OF PROPERTY] [DATE LAST TENANCY ENDED OR DATE OF SALE] [COMPLETION STATEMENT / END OF TENANCY]
Foreign property [COUNTRY AND ADDRESS, OR "NONE"] [DATE] [EVIDENCE]
I have no other self-employment or property income, and I have not started any new source since [DATE OF THE LAST SOURCE CEASING].
2. Self-employment
( ) Please also treat this letter as notice that I stopped trading as a sole trader on [DATE].
( ) I have already told you through the online service on [DATE].
3. My 2025 to 2026 tax return
I will submit my 2025 to 2026 tax return by 31 January 2027. It will show the income I received before the sources ceased and my other income: [EMPLOYMENT WITH (EMPLOYER) FROM (DATE) / PENSION / NONE].
4. Letters already received
( ) I have not received any letter about Making Tax Digital.
( ) I received your letter dated [DATE OF HMRC LETTER] about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
Please confirm in writing that I do not need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
Yours faithfully,
____________________
[YOUR FULL NAME]
Enclosures (copies): [LIST]
For me
[ ] Every source is in the table, with the date it stopped
[ ] Letter posted on [DATE POSTED], copy kept
[ ] HMRC confirmation letter received on [DATE]
[ ] 2025 to 2026 return filed online by 31 January 2027, tax paid the same day