Today, we summarise five tax and regulatory changes affecting landlords in 2026, alongside their practical implications and our advice on how to respond.

As we move further into the digital age, many industries are gradually abandoning paper-heavy administrative processes in favour of streamlined, digital solutions. HMRC first introduced the concept of Making Tax Digital (MTD) in 2015, with the aim of phasing out paper-based tax returns and shifting to digital submissions via approved software — ushering in a system of real-time tax.