When landlords ask you about Making Tax Digital, point them to Hammock

A landlord calls your agency with a familiar question: “I’ve heard I need to use Making Tax Digital (MTD). Do I need new software, and can you help me sort it out?”

You know the property, the rent, and the tenancy inside out. But it’s not your job to be advising landlords on tax. With Goodlord’s new partnership with MTD software provider Hammock, you can point your clients to a helpful, integrated service.

Landlords can go directly to Hammock from Goodlord’s Landlord Hub for help with MTD, digital records and setup, saving your agency unnecessary admin.

• What is Making Tax Digital and why should landlords care about it? 

• How Hammock simplifies MTD for landlords
• How Hammock answers MTD questions
• Key benefits of the Hammock x Goodlord integration
• Conclusion

What is Making Tax Digital and why should landlords care about it?

Making Tax Digital is a new tax system from HMRC requiring sole traders and landlords to manage their tax records digitally. Most landlords who use an agency to manage their properties already turn to you for information about their properties. As Making Tax Digital for Income Tax expands, they may also ask for rental statements more often or want to know what their next quarterly update involves.

You can answer questions about the property information you hold, while Hammock helps with the landlord accounting and MTD questions that sit beyond your day-to-day role.

HMRC’s current guidance says MTD for Income Tax applies to individuals in stages, based on qualifying income from property and self-employment before expenses. Those with:

• Over £50,000 on their 2024–25 tax return should have already filed these documents by April 6, 2026.
• Over £30,000 on their 2025–26 return start from April 6, 2027.
• Over £20,000 on their 2026–27 return start from April 6, 2028.

The April 2027 MTD expansion means more landlords will be thinking about their records and software now. Joint ownership, overseas property income or other income sources can make an individual’s position less obvious. The relevant return and HMRC rules determine when a landlord needs to join; the rental properties your agency manages do not tell the whole story.

For those in scope, MTD means keeping digital records of relevant income and expenses, sending quarterly updates and submitting an annual tax return through compatible software. HMRC explains the first-year process.

Hammock gives your landlords a specialist place to explore what MTD means for their rental income and expenses. Even with Hammock, landlords and their accountant or tax adviser should make their own individual tax decisions.

How Hammock simplifies MTD for landlords

Goodlord and Hammock have partnered to make Hammock available to landlords through the Landlord Hub. As the managing agent, you can point a landlord to the offer, or to the Goodlord–Hammock page. They can go straight to Hammock rather than relying on your team to relay questions back and forth.

The offer supplied for Goodlord users is 10% off monthly and annual Hammock subscription plans.

Once a landlord reaches Hammock, they can learn how the platform supports managing rental income and expenses, access available guidance, and speak with the team about getting started. Hammock offers live tutorials where landlords can see the software and ask questions, plus guides and educational content they can return to. Its dedicated support team can help with setup and day-to-day use.

How Hammock answers MTD questions

Hammock is the accounting platform for landlords. It is also the first landlord software HMRC has recognised as compatible with MTD for Income Tax. That gives you a landlord-specific solution to recommend, with MTD functionality and support behind it.

In Hammock, landlords can add properties and tenancies, connect supported bank feeds (or upload Excel files), and track rental income and expenses.

The platform also helps reconcile payments and organise the records behind quarterly updates. The referral process is simple: you recommend Hammock, and the landlord sets up their account and gets help from Hammock when they need it.

Hammock supports all ownership arrangements, including jointly owned properties and limited companies, and different tenancy types such as HMOs and short-term holiday lets.

Key benefits of the Hammock x Goodlord integration

Hammock lets you focus on letting and property management. MTD questions need not turn your relationship with your landlords into a tax or software support desk. With Hammock available through the Landlord Hub, you have the right landlord-focused platform to recommend and a dedicated team that can deal directly with the landlord’s questions.

That is particularly useful when the same question appears across a portfolio of landlords. Instead of your team repeatedly explaining software features it does not offer, you can make one clear recommendation. The landlord gets a convenient route to tutorials, guidance, and support; you can spend your time on the property work only your agency can do.

Conclusion: A clear plan for MTD

With Hammock available through Goodlord’s Landlord Hub, you can give landlords a straightforward route to specialist accounting software, practical MTD guidance, and dedicated support. They also benefit from 10% off monthly and annual subscription plans.

It’s a simple way to help your landlords prepare for MTD, while keeping your team focused on what it does best: managing properties and delivering great service.

When MTD questions come up, point landlords to Hammock and get back to property management.

If you’re interested in learning more, get in touch with the Goodlord team, or check out the Hammock website.