Most self-employed removal and man-with-a-van operators work across several booking platforms at once — AnyVan, Shiply, Compare My Move — alongside direct bookings built up through word of mouth or their own advertising. Each platform reports what it pays out separately, but for MTD purposes, every job across every platform adds into one single qualifying income figure. There's no separate threshold per platform or per income source.
Platform fees (the cut taken by AnyVan or Shiply before paying you out) are claimed back as a business expense, but your qualifying income is the gross job value before that fee is deducted, not your net take-home from the platform.
For most operators, vehicle costs dwarf every other expense category — fuel, insurance (particularly goods-in-transit and hire-and-reward cover, which costs more than standard van insurance), servicing, and depreciation on a larger vehicle. You can claim actual costs, or use the simplified mileage rate (45p/mile for the first 10,000 business miles, 25p after), but you can't mix both methods for the same vehicle in the same tax year — pick one and stay consistent.
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You can track them separately in your own records for clarity, but for MTD purposes they combine into one single qualifying income figure alongside any direct client work you do.
It's the full gross job value before the platform deducts its commission. The platform's fee is then claimed back separately as a business expense, which reduces your taxable profit but not your gross qualifying income figure used for the MTD threshold.
Yes, including goods-in-transit and hire-and-reward cover, which most removal work legally requires and costs more than standard van insurance. This is a normal allowable business expense.
Either is allowed, but you must pick one method per vehicle and stick with it for that vehicle for as long as you use it in the business — you can't switch between the two methods year to year for the same van.
Yes, all income from your removals work counts towards your qualifying income regardless of payment method, whether it's a platform payout, bank transfer, or cash from a local job.