Accessibility statement

Our target

We are working to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA across the whole service: registration and sign-in, connecting to HMRC, importing figures, review, submission, confirmation and account settings.

Current status: assessed, not yet independently audited

On 12 September 2026 we assessed every step of the filing journey — public pages, registration and sign-in, the dashboard, connecting to HMRC, importing a spreadsheet, the checks, review and declaration, the filed confirmation and the filing history — 34 screens in all, in three ways: an automated WCAG 2.2 A/AA scan (axe-core), a pass using the keyboard alone, and a review of what each screen exposes to screen readers.

The automated scan found one failure (text colour contrast on secondary labels). The keyboard and screen-reader assessment found twelve issues, the most serious being that a form emptied itself after a failed submit, that the error message was not brought into focus, and that the final submit button disappeared from the keyboard order until the declaration was ticked, without saying why. All of them have been fixed, and both the scan and the keyboard walk now run on every code change and block a release if anything regresses.

We have not yet had the service tested in a live session with NVDA or VoiceOver by a screen-reader user, and it has not been audited by an independent accessibility specialist, so we do not claim full conformance. The assessment record, listing what was tested and what remains, is published in our source repository and available on request.

What we already do

• Every form field has a visible label and errors are shown next to the field they belong to. After a failed submit, what you typed stays in the form and the list of errors is read out and brought into focus, with a link to each field.
• A “skip to main content” link is the first thing the keyboard reaches on every page, and every control shows a clear focus ring.
• All actions, including the final declaration and submission, are ordinary links, buttons and form controls that can be operated with a keyboard.
• Decorative icons and the wordmark glyph are hidden from assistive technology.
• Layouts reflow on small screens rather than requiring horizontal scrolling.

Tell us about a problem

If you find part of the service you cannot use, or need information in a different format, contact us. Tell us the page, what you were trying to do, and the browser and assistive technology you use. We will respond within ten working days.

Accessibility feedback: admin@ataxmate.co.uk