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NJT Tax Return Manager
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Our notes
NJT Tax Return Manager is Windows desktop bridging software (built in Microsoft Access) from a Manchester firm that submits MTD Income Tax quarterly updates and MTD VAT returns from Excel, CSV, Sage or VT data, for individuals, businesses and agents.
Pros
- Low annual licence: £40 a year for one taxpayer's quarterly updates
- Imports from Excel, CSV, Sage and VT
- Agent licences from £45 a year for up to 5 clients
- No VAT charged (vendor not VAT registered)
Cons
- Year-end (tax return) functionality not yet available; due 'by March 2027'
- Windows desktop software (Microsoft Access); Windows 10 or later needed
- UK property and self-employment only, no foreign property
Price
Prices can change without notice, so confirm with the provider before you buy. Spotted an error? Email us.
- Cheapest MTD-capable plan
- ITQU (quarterly updates only)
- Per month
- unknown
- Per year
- £40
- VAT
- ex VAT (vendor not VAT registered, so no VAT is currently charged)
- Notes
- ITQU £40/year for one taxpayer's quarterly updates. The IT licence covering quarterly updates and tax returns is £49/year, 'Available from January 2027'. Free 'Live Evaluation' version cannot submit. Licences for up to 5 to unlimited taxpayers £45 to £250/year. Prices effective from June 2026.
- Agent/accountant pricing
- yes. QUAgency licences for quarterly updates: £45/year (5 clients) to £250/year (unlimited). VAT + quarterly updates agency licences £51 to £256/year. Full agency licences with year-end returns from £64/year (TBC, from January 2027).
Really free?
- Quarterly updates free
- no (free 'Live Evaluation' cannot submit)
- Tax return (final declaration) free
- no (year-end not yet available; IT licence £49/year from January 2027)
- Limits
- n/a
- Bank account condition
- n/a
- Time limit
- n/a
Landlords and spreadsheets
- Excel bridging
- yes
- Google Sheets bridging
- unknown
- CSV import
- yes
- Bridging notes
- For Income Tax, imports from Excel, CSV files, Sage and VT in the NJT standard format.
Checked 18 Oct 2026. Sources:neilsonjamestech.co.uk, neilsonjamestech.co.uk
HMRC listing
What the software provider has told HMRC. “In development” means the provider has committed to building it in time for the 2026 to 2027 tax return.
Features
| Free version | Not included |
|---|---|
| Agent software | Ready now |
| Individual software | Ready now |
| Software that creates digital records | Ready now |
| Bridging software that connects to records | Ready now |
| Standard update period (6 April to 5 April) | Ready now |
| Calendar update period (1 April to 31 March) | Ready now |
| Making Tax Digital for VAT | Ready now |
| HMRC Assist (Submission Feedback) | Not included |
Business income
| Sole trader | Ready now |
|---|---|
| UK property | Ready now |
| Foreign property | Not included |
Other income sources and items
| Employment (PAYE) | In development |
|---|---|
| UK dividends | In development |
| State Pension income | In development |
| Private pension incomes | In development |
| Partner income from a partnership | In development |
| Foreign dividends | In development |
| Foreign interest | In development |
| Private pension contributions | In development |
| Construction Industry Scheme | In development |
| Charitable giving | In development |
| Capital Gains | In development |
| Student Loan | In development |
| Marriage Allowance | In development |
| Voluntary Class 2 National Insurance | In development |
| High Income Child Benefit Charge | In development |
| UK interest | In development |
Accessibility
| Blindness or impaired vision | Not included |
|---|---|
| Deafness or impaired hearing | Not included |
| Motor or physical difficulties | Not included |
| Cognitive impairments | Not included |
Platform
| Software type | Desktop application |
|---|---|
| Compatible with | Microsoft Windows |
| Language | English |