Terms of use

Who operates #ATaxMate

#ATaxMate is a trading name of ATAXMATE LTD, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 17562784), which operates it. Registered office: 82a James Carter Road, Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom, IP28 7DE.

Support and data requests: admin@ataxmate.co.uk

What the service does

#ATaxMate is bridging software for Making Tax Digital for VAT. It connects to HM Revenue & Customs with your authorisation, retrieves your VAT obligations, takes the nine VAT return figures from a spreadsheet or CSV file you provide, checks them, and submits the return to HMRC only after you have reviewed the figures and made the declaration yourself.

It is not accounting or bookkeeping software and it does not calculate your VAT. It does not provide tax, accounting or legal advice. The figures you file are your responsibility.

Status with HMRC

#ATaxMate is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or recognised by HMRC. It is in development and is being tested against HMRC’s test environment; it has not been granted access to HMRC’s live service. We will update this page if and when that changes, and we will not describe the software as “HMRC recognised” until HMRC has confirmed it.

Your account and your responsibilities

• You must be entitled to file VAT returns for each business you add, either as the business or as its authorised agent.
• You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of every figure you import, review and submit, and for keeping the underlying digital records HMRC requires.
• You must keep your sign-in details confidential and tell us promptly if you believe your account has been misused.
• You must not use the service to submit returns you are not authorised to submit, to probe or disrupt the service, or in breach of HMRC’s terms for taxpayers and agents.

HMRC authorisation

You grant #ATaxMate access to your VAT data through HMRC’s own authorisation screens. We never see your Government Gateway credentials. You can withdraw the authorisation at any time by disconnecting a business in the app or in your HMRC account. HMRC’s authorisation expires after the period HMRC sets, after which you will be asked to authorise again.

Availability and changes

While in development the service is provided without any guarantee of availability and may be changed, suspended or withdrawn. We will give reasonable notice of material changes to these terms by updating this page and its version date. Filing deadlines remain yours to meet; do not rely on the service being available at the last moment.

Fees

No fees are charged at present. If a paid plan is introduced, its price and terms will be shown before you are asked to pay, and nothing will be charged without your express agreement.

Liability

Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot be limited by law. Subject to that, the service is provided “as is” during development, we are not liable for loss arising from figures you supplied or approved, from HMRC’s systems, or from your failure to meet a filing deadline, and our total liability to you is limited to the fees you have paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

Privacy and security

How we handle your data is set out in the privacy notice and on the security and trust page, which form part of these terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.