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SMALL BUSINESS BANKING - BLACK FRIDAY OFFER

Your Free Business Account — with 1 Year of Accounting & £100 to Get You Started

This Black Friday:

Open a free Tide Business Account and get £100 towards your growth*

✅ Get 1 year free of our accounting tool, Admin Extra* - save up to £300

✅ File your taxes with our HMRC-recognised, MTD-ready solution

Run your business smarter with a finance platform that does it all, in one place. Bring your banking, accounting and payments under one roof so you can breeze through tax season stress-free.

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*Use code BUDGETMTD at sign-up, and spend £500 on your card within 60 days and subscribe within 7 days of opening a Tide account to be eligible. T&Cs apply.

The free business account that also does your taxes

We’re stepping it up at Tide and offering our complete accounting tool free for one year when you open an account with us – bringing all your business activity under one roof. The free business bank account gives you:

Free accounting for 1 year. Handle MTD compliance, taxes, and bookkeeping at no cost.

High-interest savings. Earn up to 4% AER* on your available business funds.

Seamless payments. Get paid fast with Tap to Pay, card readers, and simple invoicing.

Flexible funding. Access business loans and alternative finance when you need capital.

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*Summary Box for savings rate.

We’re MTD-ready and HMRC-recognised

We’ve updated our accounting tool, Admin Extra, to ensure it’s fully compliant with the upcoming Making Tax Digital changes. 

Manage your income tax digitally straight from your Tide account – no more spreadsheets, no more stress.

How does MTD for Income Tax work?

Tide’s MTD-compliant tools integrate seamlessly into your account – saving you time and keeping you aligned with the new legislation. 

From April 2026, the way some of you manage your finances will change. If your income is more than £50k, you’ll need to:

Keep digital records of all income and expenses

Submit quarterly updates to HMRC via MTD software

Finalise your income tax with a Final Declaration

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Admin Extra helps drive businesses forward

Your business deserves to thrive. With mandatory MTD for Income Tax starting in April 2026, the way you handle money is changing. Power up your business with our best accounting tool, Admin Extra, now to ensure you're prepared:

✅ Fuel smarter growth with clear cash flow and profit insights

✅ Get real-time tax estimates and stay compliant all year round

✅ Automate your bookkeeping and daily admin

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Choose a tailored toolkit that suits the unique needs of your business

 
£0 for Limited Companies and Sole Traders (first year free with promotional code)
£19.99 + VAT for Limited Companies £13.99 + VAT for Sole Traders

TAXES

File VAT to HMRC

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Prepare for Self Assessment (sole trader only)

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View tax deadlines

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Put money aside with a Tide Tax Account

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Making Tax Digital for Income Tax ready

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BUSINESS INSIGHTS

Profitability, expenses and cash flow insights

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Financial reports

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BOOKKEEPING & ADMIN

Real-time reconciliation to Tide BCA

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Live Bookkeeping Score and outstanding task list

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Categorise transactions in bulk

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Auto-categorisation of income and expenses

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Give user-access to your accountant

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Connect up external bank accounts

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INVOICING

Send customised invoices

Unlimited

3/month

Automations: auto-chasing and auto-matching

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Premium templates and cloning

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Send payment receipts

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Open a free business bank account with 1 year free of Admin Extra

  1. Open an account with the promo code & download the app

  2. Select Admin from the bottom navigation

  3. Select Insights or Taxes from Products

  4. Explore features or tap the banner to subscribe to Admin Extra

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Disclaimer: Offer doesn’t apply to existing members and those subscribing to the Max plan. Subscribe to Admin Extra within 7 days of becoming a member to be eligible. T&Cs apply.

Charlotte Davitt-MillsShotley Vineyard

Tide Accounting is very, very useful for helping us run the business — we can see our day-to-day cash flow as well, meaning we don't have to worry about it, because it’s taken care of.

Tide Accounting FAQs

Yes, if you already have a Tide business bank account, you can use Tide Accounting.

In the app, go to ‘Admin’ > ‘Accounting’ > ‘Explore Tide Accounting’, and choose the accounting service that’s best for your business. We’ll ask you some questions about your current accounting setup, before you can access these benefits.

You can read more about our accounting add-ons here.

We offer 2 types accounting add-ons:

  1. Tide Accounting, which comes with all of our standard accounting features, costs £13.99 + VAT per month for sole traders, and £19.99+VAT for limited companies

  2. Admin Extra is a bundle that combines Tide Accounting and Invoice Assistant, costs £17.99 for sole traders and £24.99 + VAT per month * Invoice Assistant is available separately, too, and costs just £5.99 + VAT per month.

Sole Traders and Directors of a Limited Company can use Tide Accounting. 

To use Tide Accounting for Self Assessment, you must be a Sole Trader who is not using the construction industry scheme. 

To use Tide Accounting for submitting your VAT return, you must be a VAT registered business and not using the VAT Flat Rate Scheme.

When you add a category to your transactions, Tide Accounting automatically matches these categories to HMRC’s self assessment SA103 Business Income and Business Expenses categories. This means your Self Assessment estimate is based on your Tide bank account transactions, plus any other transactions you’ve added manually to the estimate. You can connect your business bank accounts from other providers, as well as your Tide accounts, to Tide’s accounting add-ons. This will allow you to view and manage all your accounting and transactions in one place. Read more about the accounting add-ons we offer here.

Tide Accounting automatically calculates VAT based on the VAT rate added to your transactions, invoices, or bills. The VAT liability depends on your VAT scheme.

Cash VAT Scheme

You pay VAT to HMRC when you receive payments from customers, and reclaim VAT when you pay suppliers. Your VAT liability will be calculated based on transactions only, and not on invoices.

Standard VAT Scheme 

Your VAT liability is based on invoices & transactions. You pay VAT when you issue an invoice and reclaim it when you receive an invoice from a supplier, regardless of when the payment is made. If there is no invoice for a payment that includes VAT, this payment will still be included in your VAT report – contributing to your VAT liability or reclaim.

It's mandatory to match all invoices to the respective transactions, to ensure correct reporting.

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Tide is built by business owners for business owners. That’s why we’re trusted by over 1.5 million sole traders, freelancers, and limited companies worldwide.

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