Earlier than we start  

Truthful warning: It is a lengthy one. Pop the kettle on, seize a cuppa (biscuits non-obligatory, however extremely really useful) and settle in. We’ll wait.

The UK stays a key marketplace for Zoho, and championing MTD for Revenue Tax has introduced us nearer to the companies, accountants, and bookkeepers we serve. With MTD for Revenue Tax going dwell in April 2026, the previous yr has been a giant adjustment for practising corporations and their sole dealer and landlord shoppers throughout the UK.

All through, we’ve acquired overwhelming assist and insights from each the bigger business and the career, so thanks! Your suggestions by the transition has formed each Zoho Books and Zoho Apply, and one factor has change into clear: Compliance alone is not sufficient.

Corporations additionally want visibility and management throughout their shoppers, providers, deadlines, and day-to-day work, with out juggling a number of programs. So alongside strengthening Zoho Books for sole merchants and landlords, we have been increasing Zoho Apply to assist UK corporations handle all of it from one place, at no cost.

So, what’s new within the second half of 2026? Rather a lot, really. Let’s get into it.

Zoho Apply is now free for UK practices  

Following the MTD for Revenue Tax capabilities added to Zoho Apply earlier this yr, UK practices have been upgraded in September 2026 to end-to-end follow administration, bookkeeping, and tax and compliance in Zoho Apply at no cost.

We additionally introduced discounted pricing for Zoho Books licences for Practices’ shoppers, together with a straightforward solution to migrate. And remember, Zoho Books has been providing a free plan from the time of launch for over a decade. We now supply an unique free MTD for Revenue Tax plan for sole merchants and landlords as of final yr.

What’s new in Zoho Apply  

Streamlined shopper onboarding: From setup to service administration  

Including a brand new shopper to Zoho Apply is now faster. The brand new Firms Home integration fills in key particulars mechanically, resembling the corporate title, registration quantity, incorporation date, and registered tackle.

Subsequent, assign providers from a predefined checklist. Zoho Apply creates the associated duties for you, together with recurring ones. Constructed-in templates offer you a place to begin, and you’ll customise any job to fit your agency, whether or not you supply full bookkeeping, submitting solely, or a combination.

Letter of Engagement

Now you can create, ship, and monitor engagement letters with out leaving Zoho Apply. Customisable e mail and PDF templates aid you get began, and you’ll tailor them to your agency’s providers, phrases, and tone. As soon as a letter is distributed, you possibly can observe its standing and let shoppers signal digitally by Zoho Signal* or the Zoho Apply Shopper Portal.

*Please observe related costs could apply for add-on options and merchandise.

Tax submitting and compliance: Handle shopper filings from one place  

Accountants and bookkeepers can now file the next for his or her shoppers immediately from Zoho Apply:

Wherever your shoppers maintain their data, the submitting occurs in Zoho Apply. Purchasers would possibly work in Zoho Books, use third-party software program linked by Zoho Ledger, or just share their paperwork with you thru the Zoho Apply Shopper Portal.

A refreshed interface and a brand new Submitting and Compliance dashboard offer you one view of each shopper’s obligations. You possibly can monitor upcoming deadlines, examine which filings are full or excellent, and see the place data continues to be wanted to maneuver a submitting ahead.

Word: Zoho Apply and all its options are free within the UK. Your shoppers’ Zoho Books or Zoho Ledger licences are charged individually, although MTD for Revenue Tax shoppers can use the free Zoho Books plan.

Self-Evaluation, prepared for 31 January  

With the 31 January 2027 deadline for 2025 to 2026 Self-Evaluation returns simply across the nook, we have launched Self-Evaluation (SA100) submitting capabilities.

Everybody information their 2025 to 2026 return the same old means, together with these now beneath MTD for Revenue Tax, as a result of MTD started with the 2026 to 2027 tax yr. So sole merchants, landlords, restricted firm administrators, and the practices that assist them can get returns achieved effectively forward of the deadline, from the identical place they handle every thing else.

Overseas property in Zoho Books  

Practices with landlord shoppers who earn abroad rental earnings have been ready for this one. Overseas property assist is now dwell in Zoho Books, so practices and their landlord shoppers can maintain UK and overseas property data in a single place and keep compliant with MTD for Revenue Tax.

Why this issues for practices and landlords  

Beneath MTD for Revenue Tax, qualifying earnings contains gross sole dealer earnings and rental earnings from abroad property in addition to UK property.

• All UK properties are handled as a single UK property enterprise.

• All overseas properties are handled as a single overseas property enterprise.

• A quarterly replace is submitted for every enterprise, however there may be nonetheless just one tax return per tax yr, bringing collectively UK property, overseas property and another earnings.

The way it works in Zoho Books  

Handle overseas property

Arrange overseas property companies in Zoho Books and hyperlink them to the main points held with HMRC. You possibly can add, stop, or rename overseas properties on HMRC’s data immediately from Zoho Books. Rental earnings and bills are tracked towards the fitting property from the beginning, with no guide re-sorting on the quarter’s finish.

Clear separation of earnings streams

UK and overseas properties sit facet by facet in the identical organisation, with transactions categorised to the right property. Overseas properties are grouped by nation, making it simple to your books of accounts, and it displays the identical in your returns.

One quarterly replace for all overseas properties

Fetch obligations, overview the figures, and submit one quarterly replace overlaying all of your overseas properties on to HMRC from Zoho Books. Please observe that the earnings and bills are reported individually for every overseas property not like UK property.

One workflow by to the tax return

After the quarterly updates, you possibly can full end-of-year reporting and submit the tax return to your shoppers with out shifting to a different instrument.

Pricing  

And one of the best half? It is all free. On the Zoho Books free plan, you possibly can arrange each UK and Overseas property capabilities at no cost.

Computerized conversion of overseas rental earnings into kilos sterling is on the market from the Skilled plan up.

MTD on the go: Zoho Books cellular updates  

These cellular updates roll out on Android right this moment, with iOS coming quickly.

MTD for Revenue Tax: Quarterly updates within the palm of your hand  

Now you can handle MTD for Revenue Tax quarterly updates from the Zoho Books cellular app. Fetch your obligations, overview earnings and bills, map accounts, and submit updates to HMRC, all with out switching to the net app.

All you want is MTD for Revenue Tax enabled to your organisation and an energetic reference to HMRC.

The Property module, now on cellular  

The brand new Property module brings all of your property data and transactions collectively in a single place on the Zoho Books cellular app. You possibly can add and handle properties, monitor exercise, and create transactions on the go. Please observe that this functionality doesn’t assist overseas properties but.

Rental earnings  

Now you can report rental earnings towards every property. Every transaction is linked to a selected property and may embrace a number of earnings objects, making it simpler to maintain monitor of rental earnings.

A refreshed dashboard for sole merchants and landlords  

Alongside these options, we have launched a refreshed dashboard for sole merchants and landlords on our cellular app. The redesigned dashboard affords a cleaner interface and a extra streamlined view of the monetary data that issues, so it is simpler to get an summary of your corporation at a look.

Zoho Payroll is right here for UK companies  

Zoho Payroll simply launched within the UK, so companies can now run payroll alongside their accounts. Accountants and bookkeepers can use it, too, to handle payroll for his or her shoppers by a devoted position. That is simply the beginning: extra main payroll updates are on the best way, so watch this house.

Bridging Functionality in Zoho Books

For all those that are extra snug with spreadsheets, we even have launched the bridging functionality in Zoho Books, the place companies can now import their spreadsheets used to handle their books of accounts, within the given template and file their returns on to HMRC. The identical import characteristic can be obtainable for practices on Zoho Apply, the place the accountant or bookkeeper can leverage the choice to import their shoppers’ sheet of accounts within the Zoho most well-liked template and file them, the place the shopper could not should be a Zoho Books person.

That is a wrap  

MTD for Revenue Tax has been an necessary a part of our journey within the UK, however our ambitions for the UK finance career go effectively past compliance. We wish to assist corporations simplify their operations, achieve higher visibility throughout their shoppers, ship providers extra effectively, and construct stronger, extra scalable practices. We’ll maintain crafting Zoho Finance options across the suggestions and wishes of the UK finance fraternity.

Thanks for being a part of this journey. Hold the suggestions coming; we’re listening, and there is a lot extra to come back.

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