ATT Exam Noticeboard

Preparing for the May 2026 examinations - new page

Please note that we have now created a Preparing for the May 2026 examinations webpage giving information on the move to our new software supplier, TestReach, for the May 2026 examinations. This also gives information on access to resources during the examinations. We will be posting regular updates on this new page, so please bookmark it and check back regularly, as well as checking this Noticeboard for general information on the examinations.

Updates made to this page:
 

3 February 2026: a detailed guide has been added with instructions on how to download the TestReach application. Candidates planning to use corporate devices to sit their examinations are particularly advised to check this guidance and liaise with their IT departments to ensure the application can be successfully installed. 

9 February 2026: A section has been added on practising using the TestReach application, with a link to a generic TestReach Test Tutorial so that students can get a feel for how the platform works. A link to an actual ATT sample test will be made available as soon as we can. 
 

Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments

The deadline for Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustment applications is six weeks before the relevant exam. While late applications may be considered, we cannot guarantee to grant accommodations where applications are received after the deadline.
 

ATT Exams 2026 – access to resources during the examinations

Further to our update below on the ATT’s planned move to a new exam software supplier from the May 2026 examination session onwards, we have set out below the materials and resources that will be available to you during each examination session:

May 2026 Exam
Online access to HMRC manuals, online legislation and the Tolley study material which includes the relevant manual and the corresponding memory jogger. In addition, you will be able to take an A5 notebook into the exam.

November 2026 Exam
Online access to HMRC manuals, online legislation and the relevant Tolley study material which includes the corresponding memory jogger. You will not be able to take any notebook into this exam.

For the 2027 examinations onwards, the resources available will be online access to HMRC manuals and legislation only.

Please keep checking back to the ATT website for updates on the new exam software.
 

ATT Exams - new platform

Please note that the May 2026 examinations for the ATT will be held via a new examinations platform (Test Reach).

We will be providing more information and practice pages for you become accustomed to the new platform in the new year.

In the meantime, we wanted to let you know of two key changes for the May 2026 ATT examinations:
 

  1. The new examination platform will be live proctored (i.e. you will be monitored throughout the examination by a person via your web camera) and the exams will be conducted through a secure browser. To ensure all candidates are moved promptly into their examination, the ATT examinations will have staggered starts from 10:00 or 14:30 (unless you have reasonable adjustments, in which case your examination start time may be earlier). You will be notified in advance of your scheduled start time of the examination.
  2. Owing to the changes to the proctoring of the examinations, the ATT will be restricting access to some materials and websites for the May 2026 examinations onwards. At present, we can confirm that you will be able to access online legislation and the HMRC guidance online. In addition, you will be able to bring into the room where you are sitting your examination 1 A5 notebook in hard copy (this could be a notebook in which you have created notes or the Tolley Memory Jogger for example).

We will continue to provide information on these changes in the new year, and you are strongly advised to keep returning to this page for more information.
 

ATT Certificate Exams - format change from 2025

From May 2025 exams there is a change to the format of the ATT Certificate exams. The two main changes are:

  • There will be no short form questions
  • Accounting and Law will no longer be included in the Certificate exams. These subjects will continue to be examined via the Computer Based Exams (CBEs).

Further details can be found here.

The sample paper can be found here.
 

Main errors made by Candidates during the previous exam sessions

See the Online Exam FAQs for information on the most common errors candidates have made with their Online exams.  

Looking at what errors were made previously is the best way to prevent you making the same mistakes for your exams in 2025.