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A task is one step inside a filing or a service request. Tasks are never free-floating — every task belongs to something. Together they form the checklist that decides when that filing or request is ready to submit.

Where to find your tasks

The kinds of task

Upload a document

Provide a specific file — a payroll summary, a bank statement, a board resolution. Completes itself the moment you upload the right document.

Fill in a form

Enter figures or details — payroll totals, turnover for the month, employer details. Completes when you save the section.

Review and approve

Confirm something is correct — the list of directors, the employee count, the final figures. You are taking responsibility for it, so read it properly.

Make a payment

Settle a fee. Completes when the payment is received and verified.
Two more appear occasionally: provide information, where the Bumara team needs a detail from you, and custom, used for anything that does not fit the others.

Completing a task

1

Open the task

From any of the lists above. The task shows what is wanted, why, and which filing or request it belongs to.
2

Follow the link

Most tasks link straight to where the work happens — the upload area, the form section, the payment page. You do not have to hunt for it.
3

Do the work

Upload the file, enter the figures, read and confirm, or pay.
4

Watch it complete

Upload and payment tasks complete themselves. Form and review tasks complete when you save or confirm. You rarely need to tick anything manually.

Task statuses

Required and optional tasks

Required tasks carry a Required marker. They must be Done — or, if optional, Skipped — before the parent filing can be submitted. Optional tasks are useful but not mandatory. Skipping one with a reason is a legitimate choice and the reason is recorded in the timeline.
A blocked task stops submission even if it is optional. Blocked means “something is wrong here”, and Bumara will not let a filing go while that is unresolved. Either resolve the block or move the task back to To do.

Blocking a task

Use this when you genuinely cannot proceed — you are waiting on a bank statement, a director is travelling and cannot sign, the regulator’s portal is down.
1

Open the task and choose Block

You must give a reason. Write what you are actually waiting for, not “blocked”.
2

The reason becomes visible

It appears on the task, in the blockers panel of the parent filing, and in the timeline. Anyone else who opens that filing can see why it is stuck.
3

Unblock when it clears

Move the task back to To do or Doing and carry on.

Skipping a task

Only optional tasks can be skipped.
1

Open the task and choose Skip

A reason is required.
2

Explain why it does not apply

“No overtime paid this period” is useful. “N/A” is not — someone reading your file in a year will not know what you meant.
A skipped task counts as satisfied for the purposes of readiness, so the filing can proceed.

Reopening a task

If you completed a task and then realised the figures were wrong, reopen it.
1

Open the task and choose Reopen

It returns to To do.
2

Check the parent status

If the filing had already reached Ready for submission, reopening a required task takes it back to In progress. That is intentional — it should not be submittable while a required step is unfinished.
3

Do the work again and let it complete

The filing returns to ready when the checklist is complete once more.
You cannot reopen a task on a filing that has already been submitted. If you find an error after submission, do not try to change the filing — raise it with the Bumara team through the messages panel on that filing. See Messages and timeline.

Assigning and discussing tasks

  • Assign a task to a colleague so it appears in their Today panel. They are notified.
  • Comment on a task to leave context — what you tried, what you are waiting for. Comments are visible to everyone in your organisation and cannot be edited once posted, so they form a reliable record.

Progress and readiness

Every filing and service request shows its progress as tasks done out of total, plus documents provided out of required. Readiness is stricter than progress. A filing is ready only when all three of these are true:
  1. Every required task is Done or Skipped
  2. No task is Blocked
  3. Every required document has been uploaded
You might see “8 of 10 tasks done” and still not be ready, because one of the two outstanding is required. The blockers panel always names the specific items.
Tasks appear automatically. If you think a task is missing from a filing, it usually means the regulator does not require that step for your entity type — check the filing’s document requirements, or raise a message on the filing.
Last modified on August 4, 2026