How much does one cost?

£250–£600 per return for personal landlords, £900+ for limited-company portfolios.

Can I share Landvale with my accountant?

Yes — with a dedicated accountant role at no extra seat cost.

Should I incorporate my portfolio?

Depends on income level, financing and estate plans — the accountant's most valuable single conversation.

The mortgage interest restriction — individual landlords only get a 20% credit, not full deduction. Doesn't apply to companies.

Is a bookkeeper different from an accountant?

Yes — bookkeepers handle day-to-day recording; accountants handle year-end and tax strategy.

Do I need one under MTD?

Not required, but strongly recommended for the initial setup.

What data does the accountant need?

Rental income, expenses, mortgage interest, capital additions — all per property, all with evidence.

Accounting

Working With Your Accountant: A Landlord's Playbook

How to share the right data, at the right time, with your accountant — without email attachments.

The Landvale Team·Updated 1 July 2026·6 min read

Working With Your Accountant: A Landlord's Playbook

Key takeaways

Give your accountant real-time read-only access, not an annual spreadsheet.

Agree the chart of accounts up front, then don't change it mid-year.

Separate ownership decisions from bookkeeping — the accountant advises, you decide.

Book a mid-year review, not just year-end.

MTD makes shared access essential from 2026.

Give shared access, not attachments

Emailing spreadsheets is the accountant's least favourite month. Grant read-only access to your bookkeeping tool — Xero, FreeAgent or Landvale — and your accountant works in the source of truth, not a snapshot.

Agree the chart of accounts

Agree the categories in month one. Mid-year re-categorisation causes reconciliation drift and confuses the year-end P&L. Landvale ships with an HMRC-friendly default that most accountants approve unchanged.

Book a mid-year review

A 30-minute mid-year call catches Section 24, capital vs revenue and ownership-structure decisions when there's still time to act. A March-only relationship is too late.

The accountant view in Landvale

Landvale ships with a dedicated accountant role — read-only, portfolio-wide, with the P&L, transaction ledger and receipt library exposed in one dashboard. Your accountant sees exactly what you see, live.

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