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From April 2026, every UK landlord with more than £50,000 in property and/or business income will have to keep digital records and send quarterly updates to HMRC. That sounds daunting—unless your software does the heavy lifting for you. Landlord Vision’s new MTD for Income Tax feature has been designed from the ground up to make compliance feel like just another quick task on your to-do list, comprised of 4 simple steps.
1. Step 1 – Connect your HMRC account
The first screen you’ll see is a friendly prompt to link your HMRC account. Enter your National Insurance number, authorise in a few clicks, and you’re done. Landlord Vision talks to HMRC when you choose to submit an update, request a tax calculation or send the final declaration. No more copy/paste, no chasing paperwork.
What you do: Click “Connect”.
What we do: Handle the tech, keep the link alive, surface only what you need to action.
2. Step 2 – Check your obligations on the dashboard
Your new MTD dashboard shows each HMRC “obligation” (those quarterly deadlines and the year-end finalisation) front and centre, colour-coded with due dates. When a period is open, you’ll see exactly what needs attention.
You can see all income and expenditure for the selected tax year that Landlord Vision holds. Each line is labelled (income, expenses, allowances, adjustments) with running totals, and you can open the drill-downs on those lines to view the underlying transactions, so you always know where a figure came from. 
3. Step 3 – Review income, expenses and allowances
Because you already record rent, maintenance, insurance and more in Landlord Vision, your MTD totals are calculated automatically. We map your categories to HMRC’s boxes, apply the right rules (like the finance cost restriction for residential landlords), and display warnings where special treatment may apply (think Class 2 NIC eligibility, marriage allowance, or rent-a-room relief).
Need to tweak or add something? Edit the transaction or add an adjustment line right on the page—no hunting through menus.
4. Step 4 – Submit your update and view the HMRC calculation
Every subtotal expands: click “Period Amount” to see the invoices and receipts behind it, “Allowances” to see each claimable relief and its value. This is audit-trail clarity, built into a clean, modern interface.
You do your sense check here by reviewing the transactions in each category. Once you are happy, you submit the data to HMRC. HMRC then performs the tax calculation and returns the result. Landlord Vision displays exactly what HMRC sees, including income, taxable income, tax due, NICs and the reliefs applied.
When you’re happy, press “Submit to HMRC” for the quarter. At year-end, use “Submit Final Declaration” to finalise!
Designed for humans, not tax specialists
We know many landlords handle their own records, and many accountants support dozens of clients at once.The layout is consistent with the rest of the software, so it feels familiar straight away, and getting things done takes very few clicks: connect your HMRC account, review your figures, submit when ready. Everything else is there if you need the detail.
What this means for you (and your accountant)
- No more duplicate data entry. Record once in Landlord Vision, file straight to HMRC.
- No surprises at tax time. Quarterly visibility helps you budget and adjust as you go.
- Peace of mind. Built-in checks and alerts reduce the risk of errors or missed reliefs.
- Shared access. Invite your accountant to review and submit on your behalf, or vice versa.
Ready to see it in action?
If you’re already a Landlord Vision user, watch for the MTD section in your Reports area—your upgrade path will be smooth and well signposted. Not a Landlord Vision customer? Now’s the perfect time to get set up before MTD becomes mandatory.
Less admin. More clarity. Full compliance.
That’s Making Tax Digital in Landlord Vision.
