Welcome to untied’s blog
Here you’ll find general posts of general interest. Our press releases can be found in our newsroom.
SEISS – Phase 3 now open
A quick post. For those who are eligible for SEISS (which basically means that self-employment was your main income before April 2019), Phase 3 is now open. More here.
SEISS – we call for you to be helped
We have called on the Government to extend SEISS. Six hundred and fifty thousand people have become self-employed since the cut-off for support in April 2019, over 18 months ago. Many will be left to struggle to make ends meet during the critical Christmas and New...
November monthly update
Key dates for the calendar⏳ 31 January - tax filing deadline day. Yes, it's less than 100 days until deadline day! New untied features, tips and news The most recent version of untied pro is 1.05.048. Make sure you're up to date. You will find the version...
Need to know: selling your spare stuff online
Right now there are over 1.5 billion listings on eBay, the world's largest peer to peer marketplace, ranging from iPhones to ice cream makers and pretty much everything in between. Since eBay's launch, a huge number of websites and apps have popped up. Brands like...
Need to know: Airbnb hosting
It's the era of staycations, domestic holidaying, and needing new sources of income. Spare rooms have become an asset. There are nearly a quarter of a million Airbnb landlords. Add in other platforms such as HomeAway, direct services like Booking.com and holiday...
Don’t look like us? Join us
This is a short post. But an important and personal one. We're hiring and want people who get stuff done. Developers, designers, comms, product and tax specialists. Ambitious, curious people who want challenge. We work together, respect and support each other. But who...
October monthly update
September was another busy month for untied, with the team working on a whole host of new features for both Pro and Lite customers to enjoy. Keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks, as we've got loads of exciting announcements! Key dates ⏳ 5 October -...
BCR award untied and Fractal £2.5m towards SMART proposition to help businesses thrive
18th August 2020 Fractal, together with untied, are delighted to announce that its SMART (SMEs Manage Accounts Receivables and Tax) solution has won its £2.5 million Pool E bid for the Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) Capability and Innovation fund, designed to...
How three million individuals and businesses have been excluded from Government support
Three million people have been left behind by the Covid support.
The sole trader experience
Three sole traders talk about their experiences of being self employed, and how untied’s SMART initiative with Fractal will help them.
untied features in AltFi, Fintech Finance and Finextra
We're so thrilled to be partnering with Fractal to create SMART (SMEs Manage Accounts Receivables and Tax) as part of our bid for the £2.5million, and £5million pots in the BCR Capability and Innovation Fund. We were so happy to receive press from trade...
Doing more together – untied and Fractal
Working with other businesses is about doing more for our users - whether that means extra services, or helping more people use untied. Some of our partnerships are with names everyone knows - Deliveroo and Revolut. But others are with businesses that are just as...
What’s happiness?
Every so often we ask a sample of untied users to let us know how we're doing. Simple questions as to how you'll feel if you didn't have untied, and whether you'll recommend untied to a friend. For us the benefit is not so much in the overall score (though of course...
Extended Government Covid support for self employed workers, including SEISS and help for those in the gig economy
For the latest on the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) visit here.
Coronavirus support for self-employed – untied make reporting to HMRC and doing your tax return easy and now free
untied, the UK’s personal tax app, has announced that its tried and tested self assessment app is being made available for free for the next three months to help people to do their tax returns and to meet any reporting requirements to HMRC to evidence their income in...
Coronavirus emergency support: thousands of self employed people risk losing out unless their tax returns for 2018/19 are filed and correct
untied, the UK’s personal tax app, has welcomed today’s announcement of support for the self employed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak and has advised self employed people to check that their tax returns for 2018/19 are correct as this will form the basis for any money...
The four essential tax FAQs Airbnb hosts need to know
More and more of us are topping up our income by offering a spare room or a temporarily vacant home to holidaymakers or business travellers through Airbnb. In just twelve short years, Airbnb has grown to become a ubiquitous part of 21st-century travel and now around...
How quickly can you do your tax return with untied?
If you're new to untied you could be submitting your tax return within an hour or two of installing the app. Of course how long it actually takes will depend on your circumstances and how complicated your finances are. How long you've been using untied will make a...
Put off your tax return for a last minute high
I confessed to a friend I’d prepared a slideshow on the five minute journey to a meeting to present it. “I was last minute,” I said. She replied, “no, you were bored.” Whatever the reason for putting things off, people who leave things to the last minute can get a...
Countdown to deadline day
There are fewer than 20 days until the tax return deadline. Are you ready? Now is a great time to make sure you have your HMRC login details, dig out your National Insurance number and find any paperwork you might need, like your P60 if you have employment income....
