Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

Making Tax Digital for Amazon Flex drivers

Amazon Flex drivers are self-employed, delivering in blocks with your own vehicle, so your earnings go through Self Assessment, and, since April 2026, Making Tax Digital. Autodue is built to keep your block pay and mileage tax-ready all year.

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Quick answer

Amazon Flex drivers are self-employed, so your earnings go through Self Assessment and, since April 2026, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: digital records, quarterly updates and a year-end final declaration sent to HMRC through connected software. Autodue is built on HMRC's Making Tax Digital system to handle all of it from your phone, built for the way drivers actually earn.

What it means for Amazon Flex drivers

Delivering for Amazon Flex makes you self-employed, responsible for your own tax. Under Making Tax Digital you keep digital records, send quarterly updates, and confirm a final declaration through software that connects to HMRC. Autodue is built to handle that from your phone, around your blocks.

Block pay and mileage, tracked together

Amazon Flex pays per delivery block, and for most drivers mileage is the single biggest expense. Recording both accurately is what keeps your tax bill fair. Autodue helps you log each block and the business miles that come with it.

What you can claim

Typical allowable expenses Autodue helps you track. Always check your own circumstances with HMRC.

  • Business mileage
  • Fuel or charging
  • Insurance (hire and reward or courier)
  • Vehicle maintenance and MOT
  • Phone and mobile data
  • Parking and tolls

How Autodue handles it

Four steps, all from your phone.

1

Track as you earn

Log every fare or fee, plus your expenses, right from your phone all year round.

2

Stay quarter-ready

Autodue keeps your figures up to date so your quarterly updates to HMRC are ready on time.

3

See your tax bill

Watch what you owe as the year unfolds, with no nasty surprise at the deadline.

4

Sign and file

Confirm your final declaration and send it straight to HMRC from the app.

Frequently Asked Questions

If your self-employed income is over the MTD for Income Tax threshold, yes. It started in April 2026 for higher incomes and reaches more drivers over the following years. Autodue keeps your Flex records ready whether it already applies to you or is about to.
Mileage is usually the biggest deduction for Flex drivers, so it pays to record it as you go rather than guess at year end. Autodue keeps a running log of your business miles so you can claim the full amount with confidence.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax has been mandatory for higher-income drivers since April 2026, and Autodue's MTD tools launch for drivers this year. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment filing opens; in the meantime, download the app to manage your vehicle.
Yes. Autodue is built on HMRC's Making Tax Digital APIs, so when filing opens your quarterly updates and final declaration go straight to HMRC, securely, with nothing to re-key.

Be first when filing opens

Join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment MTD filing goes live in Autodue.