Configuring your Cumulative Update Nominal Mappings
If you have both a self-employment business and UK property income, you can manage them within a single QuickFile account by setting up nominal mapping rules. These rules tell QuickFile how to associate your nominal accounts with the correct income sources for Making Tax Digital (MTD) submissions, so they can be used as a way to fine tune how your income and expenditure is reported.
Accessing Your Nominal Account Mappings
To configure these mappings, go to your MTD Settings area and click on Self-employment nominal account mappings.
Switching Between Income Types
At the top of the Nominal Code Mapping screen, you’ll find a drop-down menu that lets you switch between:
- Self-employment mappings
- UK property mappings
QuickFile provides a default set of mapping rules, but you can customise these by reassigning nominal codes to different HMRC reporting categories.
Default Allocation and Fallback Category
If any amounts fall within a nominal code range (e.g., 4000–4999 for sales) and do not have a specific mapping, they will be automatically allocated to the unmapped category that you define at the bottom of each section.
Note: If you’re submitting both a self-employment update and a UK property update within the same QuickFile account, you must:
- Map every nominal code in your chart of accounts
- Specify any unmapped amounts as “Ignored” to avoid double reporting
How Changes Affect Your Updates
Any changes you make to your nominal account mappings will instantly apply to all draft updates currently saved in your account. However, any submitted updates or previously saved versions will remain unchanged.