Comprehensive and smooth
The MTD companion app caught my eye as it looked straight forward and syncs to Mac . The customer service from Darren has been excellent! Great little app to help with the boring stuff.
Customer service
What an amazing app, owner. Within minutes of sending an email on help, had a full replies with all the information required, & more absolutely brilliant customer service, genuine developer 100% Happy
Response from developer
Always happy to help :)
Making Tax Digital made simple!
I strongly recommend MTD Companion bridging software for sole traders and/or people with property income, especially if you have perfectly adequate spreadsheets recording income and expenses, which have been fine for years to help you populate Self-Assessment, but you now find MTD now requires you to make submit ‘digital’ submissions.
I’ve just completed my Q1 submissions for each of sole trader and property, and my wife’s submission for property. This was an incredibly simple process using the software. I downloaded the template spreadsheets in excel format (one for sole trader, one for property), copied these into my existing excel workbooks as new sheets, then populated this new sheet by copying the relevant values from my original sheets in the same workbook, using the basic '=' formula so no rekeying of data at any point.
Then open the relevant submission section in the MTD-C app (I'm using MacOS version) eg Q1 Sole Trader, then run the macro in their worksheet by clicking the big 'submit now' button, and literally seconds later my HMRC account was showing my MTD first submission completed
Also a shout-out re Support - I needed to ask a question (which was more related to HMRC rules rather than the app itself) so I submitted a query from within the app and had a email response within 30 minutes. No chatbot, no pointing me at faq's or knowledge base or forums, just a personal and friendly response in plain English, and I was able to continue the conversation with the same individual via email until my query was fully answered.
Would have given 6 stars if able to :-)
I’ve just completed my Q1 submissions for each of sole trader and property, and my wife’s submission for property. This was an incredibly simple process using the software. I downloaded the template spreadsheets in excel format (one for sole trader, one for property), copied these into my existing excel workbooks as new sheets, then populated this new sheet by copying the relevant values from my original sheets in the same workbook, using the basic '=' formula so no rekeying of data at any point.
Then open the relevant submission section in the MTD-C app (I'm using MacOS version) eg Q1 Sole Trader, then run the macro in their worksheet by clicking the big 'submit now' button, and literally seconds later my HMRC account was showing my MTD first submission completed
Also a shout-out re Support - I needed to ask a question (which was more related to HMRC rules rather than the app itself) so I submitted a query from within the app and had a email response within 30 minutes. No chatbot, no pointing me at faq's or knowledge base or forums, just a personal and friendly response in plain English, and I was able to continue the conversation with the same individual via email until my query was fully answered.
Would have given 6 stars if able to :-)
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Response from developer
WOW! Thank you very much for such a detailed review. Happy to help and answer your questions. See you again in 3 months :)
Recommend!
A very easy to use app with clear instructions and any easy template. It took me less than 10 minutes to complete my submission, and the team replied to my email requests almost immediately to help along the way. Highly recommend for freelancers.
Response from developer
Thank you for the kind words. Happy to help.
Not so good...
Not so good... used VAT MTD for a couple of years FROM THIS SAME COMPANY, figured this would be as good, unfortunately the auto dating of return end keeps jumping to todays date...
Response from developer
I wish you had contacted us first as we could have sorted this :( Period summaries do not need to be just the set quarter, they are a snapshot of earnings to date, which is why it defaults to the day you make the submission but it can be changed to any end date. Please email us if there is a bug and we’ll get it fixed.
