Making Tax Digital for taxi drivers
Licensed taxi and private hire drivers are self-employed, reporting earnings through Self Assessment, and, since April 2026, Making Tax Digital. Autodue is built to keep your fares and running costs tax-ready all year.
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Taxi and private hire 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 taxi drivers
Whether you drive a black cab or work private hire, you are self-employed and responsible for your own tax. Under Making Tax Digital that means digital records, quarterly updates, and a year-end final declaration through connected software. Autodue is built to take care of it from your phone, shift after shift.
Cash and card fares, all recorded
Taxi work mixes card payments, app fares and cash, and HMRC expects all of it. Autodue helps you record every fare in one place, so your quarterly updates and final return reflect everything you actually earned.
What you can claim
Typical allowable expenses Autodue helps you track. Always check your own circumstances with HMRC.
- Fuel or charging
- Insurance (hire and reward)
- Taxi or PHV licence and plate
- Vehicle maintenance and MOT
- Radio circuit or app fees
- Business mileage
How Autodue handles it
Four steps, all from your phone.
Track as you earn
Log every fare or fee, plus your expenses, right from your phone all year round.
Stay quarter-ready
Autodue keeps your figures up to date so your quarterly updates to HMRC are ready on time.
See your tax bill
Watch what you owe as the year unfolds, with no nasty surprise at the deadline.
Sign and file
Confirm your final declaration and send it straight to HMRC from the app.
Frequently Asked Questions
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