For UK sole traders and landlords

Tax,kept.

Making Tax Digital, without the headache.

Know what to set aside every day, sort your spending with a swipe, and send HMRC your quarterly updates in about five minutes.

Free planReady for 2027–28iPhone first, Android later
£1,375.40to set aside Business → Sent to HMRC Q2 · due 7 Nov Receipt matched

Sort, snap, send and set aside: receipts, mileage, invoices, quarterly updates and your tax return in one app.

The whole year,
in minutes.

Kept handles what it can on its own and only asks you about the rest. Anything that doesn't apply to you stays out of sight.

Once5min

Pick your income types and sign in to HMRC. Kept fetches your businesses and deadlines, so you never type an ID.

Every week1min

Swipe the few transactions Kept isn't sure about. Most are sorted for you.

Every quarter5min

Check the figures and send one update for each income source.

Year end30min

A few questions bank data can't answer, HMRC's calculation, then your tax return.

Home

One number,
always up to date.

Every time you open Kept, you see how much tax to set aside. It updates as money comes in and goes out, with CIS already taken off.

Get early access
Tax to set aside so far £1,375.40
Trading, 20%£296.00
Property, 22%£1,590.60
Class 4 NI£88.80
Less CIS taken off−£600.00
Profit so far£21,280.00
Take-home£19,304.60
Effective rate9.3%
80–90% sorted for you Undo any time
Sort

Right for business. Left for personal.

Your bank feed comes in already sorted where Kept is sure. You swipe the rest, and every swipe teaches it.

  • Kept says why. Each card shows its best guess and the reason behind it.
  • Buttons as well as swipes. Every card works with VoiceOver and one hand.
  • Split anything. One payment can go to several categories, a property, or personal.
  • Find and recode. Search “Shell”, select all, change the category in one go.
Screwfix → Tools and equipment, business Always do this?

Made for how you earn.

Tell Kept once. It shows the screens and categories that fit, and hides the ones that don't.

Your business

Baker Joinery

Kept asks HMRC for your business ID after you sign in. Every update, adjustment and calculation quotes it for you.

XAIS00000123456Fetched from HMRC, never typed
CIS

Paid less CIS? Counted gross.

Invoice INV-0045£1,300.00
Less CIS taken off−£200.00
Landed in the bank£1,100.00

The £200.00 comes off your tax all year, not just at the end.

Mileage45p

a mile for your first 10,000 business miles, then 25p. Kept keeps the running total.

Your properties

Every property, one HMRC total.

14 Elm RoadJoint with your spouse
Flat 2, 7 Quay StreetJust you

You record the full rent. Kept applies your share and sends HMRC one figure for all your UK property.

Learns your tenants

Rent from J Patel goes to 14 Elm Road.

Kept learns from tenant names, references and suppliers. Mortgage interest is kept separate, because HMRC treats it as a tax credit, not an expense.

XPIS00000654321
Two income sources

Two business IDs. One app. No mix-ups.

Each quarter you send one update for your trade and one for your property. Every transaction belongs to the right one, so they never mix.

XAIS00000123456XPIS00000654321
Total profit so far£21,280.00
Trading£14,050.00
Property£7,230.00

One + button for everything else.

Receipts, journeys, invoices and bills. Capture them in seconds and Kept matches them to your bank.

Snap a receipt

Point, snap, done.

Kept reads the merchant, date, total and VAT on your phone, then attaches it to the bank payment.

Mileage

Pick two places. Get the claim.

Email in

Forward your bills.

Invoices

Send it. Kept spots when it's paid.

Bank feeds

Your banks, read-only.

Ask Kept

Ask in plain English.

Split a payment

One bill, three places.

Split by amount or percentage, and Kept can do it the same way every month.

Import a statement

No bank feed? Bring the file.

Kept reads the columns for you, skips duplicates and checks the totals add up.

Every quarter

Quarterly updates in about five minutes.

  1. 1Is everything in?Kept checks every transaction is sorted and your banks are up to date.
  2. 2Check the figuresSee this quarter or the year so far, by HMRC category, for each income source.
  3. 3SendOne tap sends one update for each business ID. It's a summary, not a bill.
  4. 4DoneHMRC's receipt, its new tax estimate next to Kept's, and your next deadline.
Deadlines come from HMRCMistakes fixed in the next updateReminders 14 and 3 days before
4 min 12 s 2 updates sent

Year end in about half an hour.

After your fourth update, Kept walks you through the tax return: a few adjustments, any other income, HMRC's calculation, then declare.

What to pay for 2027–28

No surprises in January.

31JanBalance and first payment on account31 January 2029£1,851.30
31JulSecond payment on account31 July 2029£2,277.10
For your accountant

One tap, every figure.

A tidy PDF pack, an Excel workbook with live formulas, and every receipt in a ZIP.

Your data

Trust you can see.

Read-only bank access

Kept can see transactions, never move money. You choose which accounts to share.

Kept in the UK

Your records are stored in London and encrypted. Your National Insurance number is always masked.

Plain English

HMRC terms explained where you meet them. No jargon, no alarms.

Delete means delete

Export everything, or remove it for good, whenever you like.

Start free. Pay only if it helps.

Everything HMRC needs is free. Plus saves you time with bank feeds, receipts and invoices.

Free
£0.00forever
  • Statement import and swipe sorting
  • Live tax estimate
  • All quarterly updates and your tax return
  • 5 receipt scans a month
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Plus monthly
£5.00a month
  • Everything in Free
  • Bank feeds, updated daily
  • Unlimited receipts and email-in
  • Invoices, repeats and reminders
  • Mileage, CIS and property tools
  • Ask Kept and the accountant pack
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Plus yearlyBest value
£49.99a year
  • Everything in Plus monthly
  • Save £10.01 a year compared with paying monthly
  • One payment, nothing to keep track of
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Prices include VAT. Plus starts with 30 days free, and you can cancel any time in your Apple ID settings.

Questions

Good questions.

What is Making Tax Digital for Income Tax?

It's HMRC's new way of doing Self Assessment. You keep digital records, send a short summary (a quarterly update) every three months through software like Kept, then do your tax return at the end of the year.

Does it apply to me?

It depends on your income from self-employment and property added together, before expenses. Over £50,000, it starts on 6 April 2026. Over £30,000, it starts on 6 April 2027. Over £20,000, it starts on 6 April 2028.

Do I still need to do a tax return?

Yes, but you do it in Kept once all four quarterly updates are sent. In your first year, your previous year's Self Assessment return is still due the old way by 31 January.

Is Kept an accountant?

No. Kept does the sums, explains them in plain English and sends your updates. It doesn't give tax advice. You can share everything with your accountant in one tap.

Is my bank data safe?

Kept connects through an FCA-regulated open banking partner with read-only access, so it can't move money or see your logins. Your records are stored in the UK and encrypted.

What about Android?

Kept is on iPhone first. Android is planned next, on the same system, so your records move with you.