Landlord Studio Partners with SME Professional to Bring MTD Compliance to Letting Agents and Their Landlords

Your landlords need to be MTD-ready. Now there's a way to make that happen without adding a single change to your team's workload.

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Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is no longer a future concern. Starting 6 April 2026, landlords earning £50,000 or more in property income must keep digital records and submit quarterly updates to HMRC. That threshold drops to £30,000 in April 2027 and £20,000 in April 2028, meaning the vast majority of UK landlords will be affected within the next two years.

For letting agents, this creates an urgent question: how do you support your landlord clients through this transition without piling more admin onto your team?

That's exactly what this partnership solves.

What the Integration Does

We've partnered with SME Professional, one of the UK's leading property management and CRM platforms for letting agents, to deliver MTD compliance directly through the tools agents already use every day. The integration launches this month, giving agents and their landlords a head start before the April 6 deadline.

Through this integration, letting agents using SME Professional can offer their landlord clients access to Nexus by Landlord Studio, our MTD compliance solution built specifically for letting agents and their landlords. Nexus connects directly to the transaction data already flowing through SME Professional's platform, so rental income, management fees, and deducted expenses are captured and categorised automatically. No manual entry for landlords. No landlords chasing you for paperwork. No separate systems to manage.

Landlords get a clean, digital record of their property finances and the ability to submit quarterly MTD updates to HMRC when required. Agents get a value-added service that strengthens client relationships and sets their agency apart.

Why This Matters for Letting Agents

Most letting agents already hold the financial data landlords need for MTD compliance. Rental income, management fees, maintenance costs, insurance deductions. It's all sitting inside your client accounting and CRM platform. The problem for landlords has always been re-entering that data from traditional rental statements into separate tax software, without creating hours of extra work.

This integration eliminates that gap. Because Nexus pulls directly from your existing SME Professional data, the digitisation happens at the source. There's nothing to export, reconcile, or re-enter. Your landlords get MTD-compliant records as a natural byproduct of the property management you're already doing.

Why This Matters for Landlords

If you're a landlord managed by a letting agent using SME Professional, this integration means MTD compliance becomes remarkably straightforward.

Your rental income and expenses are already being tracked by your agent. Nexus takes that data and organises it into digital records that meet HMRC's requirements. When it's time to submit your quarterly update, everything is ready. No scrambling through bank statements. No forwarding paper statements to your accountant for manual entry. No risk of missed deadlines or incomplete records.

Whether the £50,000 threshold applies to you now or you're preparing ahead of the lower thresholds coming in 2027 and 2028, getting set up early means your records are clean and organised from day one.

Trusted by 100,000+ landlords globally

Nexus is powered by Landlord Studio's landlord accounting platform, established in 2014 and trusted by over 100,000 property investors across the UK and US. The technology has been purpose-built for rental property finances, not adapted from generic accounting software.

SME Professional brings deep expertise in letting agent operations and client accounting, with a platform built specifically around the workflows agents use to manage landlord portfolios. Together, the integration delivers a compliance solution that fits naturally into how agents and landlords already work.

This partnership sits alongside our existing integrations with other leading platforms including Reapit, PayProp, and LettsPay, extending the Nexus ecosystem to serve more letting agents and landlords across the UK.

Getting Started

For letting agents using SME Professional: Visit our Nexus page here to learn more about the integration and schedule a demo with our team.

For landlords whose agent uses SME Professional: Ask your letting agent about enabling Nexus for your properties. Setup takes minutes, and your financial data flows automatically from your agent's existing records.

For letting agents on other platforms: We're actively expanding Nexus to work with more property management platforms across the UK. Visit our Nexus page here to learn about partnership opportunities and get in touch with our team.

About SME Professional:

SME Professional is the UK’s most feature-rich platform for property agencies, providing a comprehensive property management and lettings software solution, designed to support estate and letting agencies in delivering efficient, compliant, and client-focused services.

A complete, integrated solution

Developed in the UK and trusted by agencies nationwide, the platform unites every core operational function within a single, intuitive system. Property marketing, tenancy and client management, client accounting, maintenance oversight, financial processing and compliance monitoring are all fully integrated to reduce administrative burden and enhance day-to-day efficiency.