Your bank. Connected.
Nobody loves doing their taxes. We get it. But what if your transactions just appeared, categorised themselves, and your Self Assessment practically filled itself in? That's what happens when you connect your bank to A.X.E.L.
Three taps. Done for the month.
Connect your bank
Link your business account through Open Banking's secure Open Banking connection. You authenticate directly with your bank — we never see your login details. Takes about 60 seconds.
Transactions import automatically
Every transaction from your connected account flows into A.X.E.L. No manual entry. No CSV uploads. No forgetting that Screwfix receipt from three months ago.
Swipe to categorise
Open Quick Review and swipe through your transactions like a dating app. Right for business, left for personal, up to skip. What used to take hours now takes minutes.
Tax categorisation that doesn't feel like tax.
Let's be honest — nobody sits down on a Sunday excited to categorise expenses. But with Quick Review, it's weirdly satisfying. Each transaction shows up as a card. Swipe right for business, left for personal. That's stage one done.
Then the next stages kick in — assign expense categories, attach receipts, flag anything unusual. You can work through them in order or tackle them in parallel as they appear. Each stage builds on the last, so by the time you're done your books are properly sorted, not just skimmed.
Tap the circle buttons or use keyboard shortcuts on desktop. A few minutes a week is all it takes. By the time Self Assessment comes around, every transaction is reviewed and categorised. No last-minute scramble. No shoebox of receipts. Just clean figures ready to file.
The Self Assessment connection
Here's where it all clicks together. Every transaction you swipe as “business” feeds directly into your Self Assessment. Income, allowable expenses, materials, travel — all pre-sorted and ready.
Income auto-calculated
Business income from your bank feeds straight into your SA. No adding up invoices manually.
Expenses pre-sorted
Everything you swiped as a business expense is already categorised and totalled for your return.
CIS deductions tracked
If you're a contractor, CIS deductions from your bank transactions are tracked automatically.
Review & submit
When it's time to file, your SA is 90% done. Check the numbers, add anything extra, and submit — or let our accountant handle it.
Secure by design
Our Open Banking provider is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. A.X.E.L acts as an agent of that provider when accessing your bank data.
You authenticate directly with your bank. Your login details are never shared with A.X.E.L or stored on our servers.
We can only read your transaction history. We cannot move money, make payments, or modify anything on your account.
Revoke access in one click from your A.X.E.L settings. Your previously imported transactions are kept, but no new data will sync.
Make tax season boring.
Connect your bank, swipe your transactions, and let A.X.E.L do the heavy lifting. Your future self will thank you.