Pandle vs Taxd for Making Tax Digital

We checked these prices on 25 October 2026.

By the selector's own rules, Pandle and Taxd both work for landlords and sole traders, including people with both kinds of income, so the choice comes down to the five points where they differ. Taxd does not offer a free plan, support for more than one property, receipt capture or phone apps, which Pandle does. Their cheapest plans are listed as free for Pandle and £6 a month, VAT not stated (Bridging (without year-end return)) for Taxd.

Pandle suits sole traders and landlords who want free MTD submissions without a usage cap, small portfolios that can start with manual bank imports and users willing to pay a modest amount for live feeds and per-property projects. Taxd suits spreadsheet users who want low-cost bridging with an optional year-end return, sole traders and landlords who want day-to-day tracking alongside a traditional accountant for complex year-end advice and people who want to add year-end filing without a separate accountant engagement.

The facts on this page come from each provider’s own pages and from HMRC’s software list, and how we compare products explains how we check them.

If you are thinking of moving from one to the other, the guide to changing your MTD software explains what GOV.UK says about when you can move and what happens to your records.

Where they differ

These are the points where our checks of the two products came out differently. A “No” means we did not find that feature on the provider’s own pages when we last checked them. Where we had nothing to go on for one of the two, we leave the point out here rather than guess.

Where Pandle and Taxd differ
Point	Pandle	Taxd
Cheapest plan	Free	£6 a month, VAT not stated (Bridging (without year-end return))
Free plan	Yes	No
More than one property	Yes	No
Receipt capture	Yes	No
Phone apps	Yes (iOS and Android)	No

On the other points we compare (jointly owned property, holiday lets and former FHL, self-employment income, bank feeds, accountant access and MTD for VAT returns), they give the same answer, or at least one provider does not say. The full list is under each product’s own page.

What HMRC’s software list says about both

HMRC’s list marks each feature as available now or intended for later. This is what HMRC’s list says, not something we have tested ourselves. Where HMRC lists a product under more than one name, we show the strongest answer and the listing it comes from.

What HMRC’s software list says about Pandle and Taxd
Feature	Pandle	Taxd
Your tax return and other income
Sending your tax return	Available	Available
Foreign property	Not stated	Not stated
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)	Intended	Intended
Employment (PAYE)	Availablesince 9 October 2026	Intended
UK dividends	Availablesince 9 October 2026	Intended
UK interest	Availablesince 9 October 2026	Intended
Capital gains	Availablesince 9 October 2026	Intended
How it works
Bridging software that connects to your records	Available	Available
Calendar update periods (1 April to 31 March)	Available	Available
A free version	Available	Not stated
Welsh language	Not stated	Not stated
Accessibility
Blindness or impaired vision	Available	Not stated
Deafness or impaired hearing	Available	Not stated
Motor or physical difficulties	Available	Not stated
Cognitive impairments	Available	Not stated

This is HMRC’s list as it stood on 30 October 2026, at HMRC’s commit 201b34e. A date beside a feature is when HMRC’s list changed it from intended to available. HMRC’s software finder shows the current answers. How we read HMRC’s list

Does HMRC’s software list show Pandle and Taxd as available for sending your tax return?

For sending your tax return, HMRC’s software list as it stood on 30 October 2026 marks it “Available” for Pandle and marks it “Available” for Taxd.

Does HMRC’s software list show a free version of Pandle or Taxd?

For a free version, HMRC’s software list as it stood on 30 October 2026 marks it “Available” for Pandle and says nothing either way for Taxd.

How many features does HMRC’s software list mark as available for Pandle and Taxd?

HMRC’s software list as it stood on 30 October 2026 covers 15 features, and it marks 12 “Available” for Pandle and 3 “Available” for Taxd. For Pandle, it marks 1 “Intended” and gives no answer on 2. For Taxd, it marks 5 “Intended” and gives no answer on 7.

The cheapest plan for your situation

A product’s cheapest plan is not always one you can use, because some plans are only for landlords or only for sole traders. These are the lowest prices the selector would show each reader, as each provider states them. Where a price grows with the number of properties, it is shown as a starting price. The figure over 12 months is the same plan at its regular price, worked out the way the software cost calculator does it.

Pandle

For landlords: Free
For sole traders: Free
For people with rental and self-employment income: Free
Cheapest plan over 12 months: Free

We checked Pandle’s prices on 25 October 2026.

Taxd

For landlords: £6 a month, VAT not stated
For sole traders: £6 a month, VAT not stated
For people with rental and self-employment income: £6 a month, VAT not stated
Cheapest plan over 12 months: £72, VAT not stated

We checked Taxd’s prices on 25 October 2026.

Notes from our checks

Pandle

Pandle's free plan includes MTD Income Tax submissions and no usage limits. Live bank feeds, projects for separating properties, receipt uploads and mileage tracking are Pro features at £5 + VAT per month. Confirm joint-ownership, foreign-property and final-return coverage for your exact setup.

Taxd

Taxd is built to sit alongside a traditional accountant, who can still give you year-end advice. Taxd does not say whether its MTD prices include VAT, so we show the figures as Taxd gives them. Its two pricing pages disagree on the Taxd Books tracking plan without a year-end return: the MTD page shows £11 a month and the main pricing page shows £10, billed through Taxd Books. We show the £11 from the MTD page, so you may find it slightly cheaper. Taxd also has a free account that shows your deadlines but cannot send updates, and a £99 one-off end-of-year submission. We leave both out because neither is a monthly MTD plan. For larger portfolios Taxd points landlords to NRLA Portfolio, a partner product from £11 a month, so we do not show multi-property support for Taxd itself. We did not find a Taxd mobile app. We checked this on 25 October 2026.

Neither product is ranked above the other here: the page sets out what each provider says so you can weigh it against your own situation. How we compare products

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