ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) vs untied for Making Tax Digital
By the selector's own rules, ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) and untied both work for landlords and sole traders, so the choice comes down to the five points where they differ. untied offers support for more than one property, support for jointly owned property and phone apps, which ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) does not. untied does not offer a free plan, which ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) does. ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) is free for the 2026 to 2027 tax year. Their cheapest plans are listed as free (MTD for Landlords (2026-27 tax year)) for ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) and £129.99 a year including VAT, about £10.83 a month (Pro including MTD) for untied.
ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) suits landlords wanting a free bank-feed-driven MTD tool for the 2026-27 tax year, sole traders who want a business current account with automated Self Assessment filing and people who want one provider to combine everyday banking and MTD filing. untied suits people with mixed income (property + self-employment or PAYE), sole traders who want a phone-only workflow and non-resident and joint-owner landlords with complex returns.
The facts on this page come from each provider’s own pages and from HMRC’s software list, and how we compare products explains how we check them.
If you are thinking of moving from one to the other, the guide to changing your MTD software explains what GOV.UK says about when you can move and what happens to your records.
Where they differ
These are the points where our checks of the two products came out differently. A “No” means we did not find that feature on the provider’s own pages when we last checked them. Where we had nothing to go on for one of the two, we leave the point out here rather than guess.
| Point | ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) | untied |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Free (MTD for Landlords (2026-27 tax year))Free for the 2026 to 2027 tax year | £129.99 a year including VAT, about £10.83 a month (Pro including MTD) |
| Free plan | YesFree for the 2026 to 2027 tax year | No |
| More than one property | No | Yes |
| Jointly owned property | No | Yes |
| Phone apps | No | Yes (iOS and Android) |
On the other points we compare (holiday lets and former FHL, self-employment income, bank feeds, receipt capture, accountant access and MTD for VAT returns), they give the same answer, or at least one provider does not say. The full list is under each product’s own page.
What HMRC’s software list says about both
HMRC’s list marks each feature as available now or intended for later. This is what HMRC’s list says, not something we have tested ourselves. Where HMRC lists a product under more than one name, we show the strongest answer and the listing it comes from.
| Feature | ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) | untied |
|---|---|---|
| Your tax return and other income | ||
| Sending your tax return | Available | Available |
| Foreign property | Not stated | Available |
| Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) | Availablesince 9 October 2026 | Available |
| Employment (PAYE) | Availablesince 9 October 2026 | Available |
| UK dividends | Availablesince 9 October 2026 | Available |
| UK interest | Availablesince 9 October 2026 | Available |
| Capital gains | Not stated | Available |
| How it works | ||
| Bridging software that connects to your records | Available | Available |
| Calendar update periods (1 April to 31 March) | Available | Available |
| A free version | Available | Not stated |
| Welsh language | Not stated | Not stated |
| Accessibility | ||
| Blindness or impaired vision | Not stated | Not stated |
| Deafness or impaired hearing | Not stated | Not stated |
| Motor or physical difficulties | Not stated | Not stated |
| Cognitive impairments | Not stated | Not stated |
This is HMRC’s list as it stood on 30 October 2026, at HMRC’s commit 201b34e. A date beside a feature is when HMRC’s list changed it from intended to available. HMRC’s software finder shows the current answers. How we read HMRC’s list
Does HMRC’s software list show ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) and untied as available for sending your tax return?
For sending your tax return, HMRC’s software list as it stood on 30 October 2026 marks it “Available” for ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) and marks it “Available” for untied.
Does HMRC’s software list show a free version of ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) or untied?
For a free version, HMRC’s software list as it stood on 30 October 2026 marks it “Available” for ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) and says nothing either way for untied.
How many features does HMRC’s software list mark as available for ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) and untied?
HMRC’s software list as it stood on 30 October 2026 covers 15 features, and it marks 8 “Available” for ANNA Money (MTD ITSA) and 9 “Available” for untied. For ANNA Money (MTD ITSA), it marks 0 “Intended” and gives no answer on 7. For untied, it marks 0 “Intended” and gives no answer on 6.
The cheapest plan for your situation
A product’s cheapest plan is not always one you can use, because some plans are only for landlords or only for sole traders. These are the lowest prices the selector would show each reader, as each provider states them. Where a price grows with the number of properties, it is shown as a starting price. The figure over 12 months is the same plan at its regular price, worked out the way the software cost calculator does it.
ANNA Money (MTD ITSA)
- For landlords
- FreeFree for the 2026 to 2027 tax year
- For sole traders
- £29 a month, VAT not stated
- Cheapest plan over 12 months for landlords
- Not statedFree for the 2026 to 2027 tax year
- Cheapest plan over 12 months for sole traders
- £348, VAT not statedRegular price, before any offer
We checked ANNA Money (MTD ITSA)’s prices on 2 November 2026.
untied
- For landlords
- £129.99 a year including VAT, about £10.83 a month
- For sole traders
- £129.99 a year including VAT, about £10.83 a month
- Cheapest plan over 12 months
- £129.99 including VAT
We checked untied’s prices on 25 October 2026.
untied also works for people with rental and self-employment income.
Notes from our checks
ANNA Money (MTD ITSA)
ANNA runs two largely separate MTD services under one name. The free landlord tool works from a connected bank account and covers the 2026-27 tax year only, and ANNA has not published a price for later years. Auto Accountant handles self-employment income on top of a business current account. ANNA's Self Assessment page gives the example of a plumber who also lets a flat and says Auto Accountant keeps each one in its own set of books, but its pricing and landlord pages still describe the landlord tool and Auto Accountant as separate services, so the selector still treats them as separate choices by income type. ANNA's pricing page shows Auto Accountant as free for the first 4 months and then £29 a month on the Free and Grow account tiers, and shows only the free months on the Business and Big Business tiers. ANNA's Self Assessment page goes further and describes 2026-27 MTD with Auto Accountant as free under a limited-time offer, so it is worth asking ANNA which price applies to you before you sign up. ANNA also offers free spreadsheet bridging for quarterly updates only, which we do not list as a plan of its own. ANNA describes itself as a mobile business account with an app, but the pages we read do not say which phones it runs on. Every account tier on the pricing page lists sharing access with your accountant or syncing with accounting software such as Xero, so we show accountant access. We checked this on 2 November 2026.
untied
untied is often listed as free in roundups, but the free version is a 30-day trial and filing requires a paid plan. Plans are priced per tax year with VAT included, which is unusual for this market, so compare like-for-like against ex-VAT monthly prices carefully. untied also sells a cheaper Lite plan, but its pricing page shows Making Tax Digital and property income as not included on Lite, so we do not list it.
Neither product is ranked above the other here: the page sets out what each provider says so you can weigh it against your own situation. How we compare products
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