HMRC recently extended its Making Tax Digital for VAT (MTD for VAT) pilot scheme to all eligible businesses, in order to allow them to prepare for the introduction of the initiative in April. Meanwhile, experts have urged the government to create a so-called ‘pudding tax’ to help combat excessive sugar consumption in children. Recently-published research has suggested that, by the time a child reaches the age of ten, they have consumed 18 years’ worth of sugar. HMRC extends MTD for VAT pilot scheme to all eligible businesses HMRC has extended its Making Tax Digital for VAT (MTD for VAT) pilot scheme to all eligible businesses. MTD for VAT is set to come into effect from 1 April 2019 for busi