For landlords in England
Your landlord dates, in one place.
Registration deadlines, the Renters' Rights Act and Making Tax Digital. Pick your answers below. Every date comes from a government page, linked at the bottom.
Registration
When must I register my rental property?
If you're a landlord of an assured or regulated tenancy, you must register yourself and each of your properties through the 'Register your rental property' service.
Your deadline depends on where the property is, not where you live. If you live in London and let a property in Birmingham, the West Midlands deadline applies.
All nine regions are on the registration deadlines page.
Making Tax Digital
When does Making Tax Digital start for me?
Your start date depends on your qualifying income: your gross self-employment and property income on your tax return.
More on the Making Tax Digital page.
Guides
The three changes to plan for.
One page each. Plain English, with the source under every date.
Registration deadlines
When the service opens in each region, your deadline and the fee.
See every region
Renters' Rights Act
What is already in force, what phase 2 brings and what is still to be dated.
What changes
Making Tax Digital
Your start date by income, and the quarterly update deadlines.
Find your start date
Sources
Every figure on this site comes from a facts register read on 25 October 2026. Each row below links to the page the fact came from.
- L-01 Register your rental property: deadlines by region — source: GOV.UK Housing Hub: Get ready to register and The Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026, regulation 1 (regional commencement table). Last checked 25 October 2026.
- L-02 Register your rental property: fee — source: GOV.UK Housing Hub: Get ready to register. Last checked 25 October 2026.
- L-05 Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: start dates — source: GOV.UK: Find out if and when you need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. Last checked 25 October 2026.
- L-06 Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: quarterly deadlines — source: HMRC Making Tax Digital: Quarterly updates. Last checked 25 October 2026.
- L-07 Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: accounting period — source: GOV.UK: Using Making Tax Digital for Income Tax for the first time. Last checked 25 October 2026.