Data obtained by tax advisory firm Saffery Champness has revealed that just 1,015 taxpayers have voluntarily signed up to HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax pilot in the three years since it was launched.

Of these voluntary users, 218 or approximately 21 percent are landlords with property income.

The data, acquired from HMRC via a freedom of information request, showed that the number of annual sign ups has fallen from 877 in 2018-19 to only 26 ...