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Simple File for Excel Users
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Our notes
Simple File is spreadsheet bridging software from the makers of vatman MTD that submits MTD for Income Tax quarterly updates, annual submissions and final declarations for self-employed businesses and UK landlords. Pricing is per block of profiles, from £5 a month for up to 5 profiles.
Pros
- Supports quarterly updates and final declarations
- Self-employment and UK property
- Excel templates provided
Cons
- Website is a single-page app with little published detail
- VAT treatment of the price not stated
- Joint property and Google Sheets support undocumented
Price
Prices can change without notice, so confirm with the provider before you buy. Spotted an error? Email us.
- Cheapest MTD-capable plan
- Simple File (5 profiles)
- Per month
- £5
- Per year
- unknown
- VAT
- unknown
- Notes
- 'Starts from only £5 a month!' 'Base price includes up to 5 profiles!' Subscription page lists tiers of 5 to 50 profiles at £1 per profile per month (10 profiles £10, 50 profiles £50). A trial is offered at signup when available; length not stated.
- Landlord pricing
- same product. Supports 'Self-Employed Businesses and UK Landlords'.
- Agent/accountant pricing
- same product. Plan described as 'Income Tax Self Assessment for your clients'; priced per profile in blocks (5 profiles £5/month up to 50 profiles £50/month).
Really free?
- Quarterly updates free
- no
- Tax return (final declaration) free
- no
- Limits
- n/a
- Bank account condition
- n/a
- Time limit
- n/a
Landlords and spreadsheets
- Excel bridging
- yes
- Google Sheets bridging
- unknown
- CSV import
- unknown
- Bridging notes
- Branded 'Simple File for Excel Users'; app includes spreadsheet templates.
Checked 18 Oct 2026. Sources:www.simplefile.online, vatman.online
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) | Not included |
|---|---|
| UK dividends | Not included |
| State Pension income | Not included |
| Private pension incomes | Not included |
| Partner income from a partnership | Not included |
| Foreign dividends | Not included |
| Foreign interest | Not included |
| Private pension contributions | Not included |
| Construction Industry Scheme | Not included |
| Charitable giving | Not included |
| Capital Gains | Not included |
| Student Loan | Not included |
| Marriage Allowance | Not included |
| Voluntary Class 2 National Insurance | Not included |
| High Income Child Benefit Charge | Not included |
| UK interest | Not included |
Accessibility
| Blindness or impaired vision | Ready now |
|---|---|
| Deafness or impaired hearing | Ready now |
| Motor or physical difficulties | Ready now |
| Cognitive impairments | Ready now |
Platform
| Software type | Web browser |
|---|---|
| Compatible with | Microsoft Windows |
| Language | English |