I scraped all 122 products on HMRC's MTD software directory. 71% cannot finish a tax return.

I scraped all 122 products on HMRC's MTD software directory. 71% cannot finish a tax return.

By Solomon Amos, Founder of TapTax

The UK is in the middle of the biggest change to its tax system in a generation. From April 2026, self-employed people and landlords over an income threshold have to keep digital records and file quarterly through software. HMRC runs a directory of products that work with it.

I build one of these products, so I wanted to know what the field actually looks like. Not the marketing. The graded feature tables HMRC publishes for every listed product.

So on 5 August 2026 I scraped the whole thing. All 122 products, every axis HMRC grades. Here is the method, and then the finding that genuinely surprised me.