MTD software for foreign property
64 of the 127 recognised products cannot file overseas rental income at all. These 63 can.
This is the easiest way to buy the wrong thing. Nothing on a product page shouts “cannot handle your Spanish flat” — you find out when you try to file. Check before you pay, not after.
First: does your foreign rent even count?
It counts toward your threshold while you are UK tax resident. If you are not UK tax resident, HMRC excludes it — its own list reads “foreign property income (if not UK tax resident)”.
This is the single most commonly misreported rule in coverage of the regime: some sources say overseas rent always counts, others say it never does. The answer is that residence decides. More on what counts.
If it does count
You need a product that supports foreign property as an income source. Of the 63 that do, 46 also handle both your quarterly updates and your tax return — so the genuinely comfortable list is shorter than it first appears.
The list
63 of 127 HMRC-recognised products, listed alphabetically. Nobody has paid to appear and nobody can.
| Product | Free version | Submits | Records | Income sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "untied" | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| @1TaxFiler | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| 1 1 MTD Bridge | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| 100PcMTD | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| 123 e-Filing MTD for Income Tax | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| 123 Sheets | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Ablegatio Ftax MTD for IT | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| AbraTax MTD for Income Tax | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Abridge (MTD for Excel/Sheets) | Yes | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Absolute Excel Income Tax Filer | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Acctax (Online) Ltd | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Acorah Software Products Ltd (TaxCalc) | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Acxite | Yes | Quarterly updates | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Adminsoft Accounts | Yes | Quarterly updates | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Aligned.tax MTD for Spreadsheets | Yes | Quarterly updates | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Andica MTD ITSA Software | No | Quarterly updates | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| ApariPro | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| ApariSolo | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Avona | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Basetax – Making Tax Digital for Income Tax | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Briefcase | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| CalCal easy calendar expense tracker | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Capium Limited — MTD for IT | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| CHM ITSA BRIDGE | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Clients Assistant | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Deductic MTD | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| DIY Tax | Yes | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Farmplan Business Manager | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Forbes MTD | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Hammock for landlords | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | UK property, Foreign property |
| HyperTax | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Kletta | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Landlord Vision | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | UK property, Foreign property |
| LimeBooks | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| MTD 4 Income Tax | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| MTD Companion for iPhone & iPad | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| MTD Companion for macOS | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| MTD Sheets | No | Quarterly updates | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| My Tax Digital (Free) | Yes | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| MYT | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Nomi | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Otis Tax | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Powered Now | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Property Income eReturn | No | Quarterly updates | Spreadsheets | UK property, Foreign property |
| Qyon Software Ltd | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| RentalBux | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| RentalBux Free | Yes | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Self Assessment Direct | Yes | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| SimplifyMTD | Yes | Quarterly updates | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | UK property, Foreign property |
| StrideBooks | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| TaxBridge UK MTD by Amelia GB | Yes | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| TaxDash | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| TaxHeaven | Yes | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| TaxNav | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Taxtool for Income Tax | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| TaxUpdates | Yes | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Taxzap | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| TELUS Farm Accounting | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Varro | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| VitalTax | No | Updates + return | Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| VT Software | No | Quarterly updates | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| WaterLily MTD Bridge | No | Updates + return | Keeps records, Spreadsheets | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
| Xero | No | Updates + return | Keeps records | Sole trader, UK property, Foreign property |
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