Snooze Tasks Until They Need Attention
Park a job that is waiting on records, and let it return to the active list on the date you choose.
Snoozing in Remindoo parks a task that cannot move yet. Select the task and click snooze, or use Snooze Task on the card, choose the date it should return and confirm. It leaves the active list, sits under the Snooze filter and comes back on that date.
Last updated: 16 September 2026 · Reviewed by Waqas Sagar ACA FCCA, Founder of Remindoo and Managing Director of Accotax
Key facts
- Snooze from the selection toolbar or the task card menu
- Choose any future date for the task to return
- Confirm Snooze removes it from the active list
- Snoozed tasks are held under the Snooze filter
- The task reappears on the date you chose
- Several tasks can be snoozed at once from the bulk toolbar
Who it's for
Practice owners
See where the firm's compliance work actually stands, without asking.
Practice managers
Plan the week from real workload rather than a sorted spreadsheet.
Team leads
Keep preparers and reviewers on the same job with the same checklist.
Bookkeepers
Work a clear list of client jobs with deadlines and steps already set.
Snooze tasks for accountants, bookkeepers and tax professionals
Not every delay is your fault. When a client has not sent records, the job is not overdue — it is waiting. Snoozing a task moves it out of the active list until a date you choose, and brings it back automatically when it should be looked at again.
This keeps the overdue count honest. If every blocked job sits in the overdue column, the column stops meaning anything and people stop reading it. Snoozing preserves urgency for the work that genuinely is late.
Practices commonly pair snoozing with a chase: ask the client for records, snooze for a week, and let the task return without anyone needing to diary it separately.
The problem
- Jobs blocked on clients pollute the overdue list
- Chasing reminders live in personal calendars
- Real urgency is lost in a sea of false overdues
- Waiting work is forgotten once it drops out of view
What changes with Remindoo
- Blocked work leaves the active list without disappearing
- Tasks resurface automatically on the date you set
- The overdue count reflects genuine lateness
- Chasing cycles are tracked on the job, not in a diary
Why it matters
A quieter list
Work that cannot move today stops crowding the board.
It comes back
Choose the return date and the task reappears.
Still visible
Snoozed tasks sit under the Snooze filter, so nothing is lost.
How to use snooze tasks in Remindoo
Find the task
Locate the job that is waiting on something.
Select it and click snooze
Snooze is available from the selection toolbar.
Choose the return date
Pick the date the work should come back.
Confirm Snooze
Confirm and the task leaves the active list.
The Snooze filter
Snoozed tasks are held under their own filter.
Snooze from the task card
Snooze Task also sits in the task card menu.
Why it matters for UK accountancy practices
Not every delay is the practice's fault. A Self Assessment return waiting on a client's records is not late in December, and a set of year-end accounts waiting on a director's confirmation is not overdue simply because the internal date has passed.
If those jobs sit in the overdue column, the column stops meaning anything and the team stops reading it — which is exactly when a genuinely late VAT return under Making Tax Digital slips past unnoticed.
Snoozing keeps the overdue list honest. Chase the client, snooze for a week, and let the task come back on its own instead of living in someone's personal diary.
Remindoo vs spreadsheets and email
| What you need | Spreadsheets and email | Remindoo |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | Implied by whoever last edited the row or replied to the email | A named person or team is assigned on the task and visible to everyone |
| Deadline visibility | One date column, usually the filing date, updated by hand | Internal and statutory deadlines tracked separately on every job |
| Audit trail | Scattered across inboxes and overwritten cells | Comments, checklist and timeline held on the task card |
| Recurring set-up | Rebuilt manually each period, and missed if someone is away | Make Recurring creates every period with a start date and ending rule |
| Time capture | Reconstructed from memory at the end of the week | Start and stop a timer on the task or subtask as the work happens |
| Handovers | Forwarded emails and a verbal briefing | Reassign Task moves the job with its full history intact |
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Frequently asked questions
How do I snooze a task that is waiting on client records?
Select the task and click snooze, or choose Snooze Task from the task card menu. Pick the date it should come back and confirm. It leaves the active list and returns on that date without anyone diarising it separately.
Where do snoozed tasks go?
They sit under the Snooze filter. The board stays clear of work that cannot move today, but nothing disappears — you can open the filter at any time to see everything currently parked and why.
When does a snoozed task come back?
On the date you chose when you confirmed the snooze. It rejoins the active list then, which is the point at which somebody should either do the work or chase the client again.
Is snoozing the same as archiving?
No. Snoozing parks live work until a chosen date. Archiving puts finished work away so it stops cluttering the list, and archived tasks can be restored. Use snooze for waiting, archive for done.
Why does snoozing make the overdue list more useful?
If every job blocked on a client sits in overdue, the overdue count stops meaning anything and people stop reading it. Snoozing keeps overdue reserved for work that is genuinely late.
Can I snooze several tasks at once?
Yes. Select multiple tasks in the list and use Snooze tasks from the bulk toolbar, which is the quickest way to park a batch of jobs waiting on the same client or the same information.
Who this is for
- Firms waiting on client records and approvals
- Bookkeepers managing long chase cycles
- Managers who want a trustworthy overdue report
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