Is there a managed Making Tax Digital service for landlords?

Yes. Accountants and managed services can keep your rental records and send your MTD updates and tax return as your agent. If your 2025-26 rent and any self-employed income was over £30,000, you start on 6 April 2027.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD) means keeping digital records of your rent and costs, sending HMRC four quarterly updates a year and filing a tax return after the year ends. Qualifying income is your rent plus any self-employed turnover, before expenses, and only your share of a jointly owned property counts. This page follows GOV.UK as checked on 16 October 2026.

What a full service means under MTD

The person who does this acts as your agent with HMRC. They need an HMRC agent services account to ask for your authorisation. A main agent can do almost everything you can, including sending your tax return. A supporting agent can send quarterly updates but cannot submit your tax return, so a managed service needs to be your main agent.

The kinds of provider

There are three broad routes. An accountant usually charges a fee for the tax return, so ask how the quarterly updates are priced. A landlord app is software you run yourself, sometimes with help available. A managed service does the bookkeeping and sends everything, and you check the figures.

These are examples, not a recommendation or a full list. Each provider's price was checked on its own website on 15 October 2026, with VAT shown as the provider shows it. Prices change, so check before you buy.

As a plain comparison: Pie's MTD Package was £199 a year on 15 October 2026, VAT not stated. Our Landlord Tax plan for 1 to 2 properties is £150 a year including VAT. Our tax plans start once our HMRC registrations are complete. Until then you can join the waitlist, and no payment is taken.

Our Landlord Tax covers 1 to 4 properties in England, with mortgage interest recorded the way HMRC requires. It uses automated software, including AI, with the company's director accountable, and you confirm every figure before it's sent.

When another provider fits better

• You want to start now. Our tax plans are not open yet, so another provider is the route if you want to sign up today.
• You have more than 4 properties, or property outside England. Hammock has plans for 4 to 10, 11 to 20 and 21 or more properties.
• You also work for yourself. Coconut covers self-employment as well as property in one app. Our self-employed plan is sold separately.
• You are happy to keep the books. An app such as Hammock or Coconut costs less, and both let you send the updates and the tax return yourself.
• You want tax planning or a named accountant. An accountancy firm offers more than bookkeeping and tax returns.

What this means for you

If you start on 6 April 2027, choose and authorise your provider in good time. Your first update covers 6 April to 5 July 2027 and is due by 7 August 2027. Your first MTD tax return, for 2027-28, is due by 31 January 2029. Whoever you choose, you stay responsible for paying your tax, and a quarterly update is a report, not a payment.

Steps to choose a managed service

1. Use the free MTD check to confirm your start date and qualifying income.
2. Count your properties, note any outside England, and list any other income, such as self-employment.
3. Decide whether you want to keep the books yourself or check figures someone else prepares.
4. Shortlist two or three providers. Ask whether they have an HMRC agent services account, who checks the figures, and the yearly price including VAT.
5. Ask how they record mortgage interest and jointly owned property.
6. Accept their authorisation request through HMRC as your main agent. Never share your password.
7. Check after each deadline that the update has gone.

More guides on MTD and running your lets are in the landlord section.