The loop · step 03
Self-building returns
When a period closes, the figures are already reconciled, not re-keyed.
Most systems stop at the certificate. MyATOL carries on to the return the CAA actually reads. Each certificate is reconciled into the period's figures the moment it is issued, so there is no quarter-end gather-and-re-key. The period is current the whole way through.
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3-tier
As issued · errors · changes
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Live
Reconciled as you issue
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CSV
Plus Portal order & PDF
The reconciliation loop
Beat 3 of 4
Every figure drills to its bookings
No figure is a black box. The return is laid out in three tiers (as issued, after errors, after changes), split by booking type, on the departure basis, with the APC figure alongside. Any cell opens to the exact certificates behind it, so a figure you are asked to defend is one you can trace to source. Transparency over magic.
As issued · Single Contract
300 · £900k
| SUN-4471 | 3 pax · £4,820 |
| SUN-4472 | 2 pax · £2,640 |
| SUN-4480 | 5 pax · £9,150 |
Every figure drills to the bookings behind it
Ready for the Portal
There is no CAA filing API, so the screen lays the figures out in the Portal's own field order, including the forward twelve-month breakdown, for fast, accurate copy-in. Export the return as CSV, and pull the standard, backdated and forward-looking reports the same way.
CAA Portal · field order
Laid out to copy in, top to bottom
- Licensable revenue
- £1.43m
- Passengers
- 489
- Forward 12 months
- breakdown ▸
Built in
What's included.
- Three tiers: as issued, after errors, after changes
- Split by booking type, on the departure basis
- APC figure computed alongside the return
- Every cell drills to its underlying bookings
- Portal field order, including forward 12 months
- Export CSV; standard, backdated and forecast reports
Questions
Straight answers.
What are the three tiers?
As issued: the raw figures exactly as first issued. After errors: the as-issued figures less any certificates cancelled in error or as duplicates. After changes: only still-active bookings, counted at their current amended figures. All three reconcile to a replay of your booking history.
On what basis is the return built?
Departure date, the basis the CAA acts on. Standard holders also report a forward-booking breakdown: a figure for each of the next twelve months plus a single month-13-onwards total, carried in the same return.
How is the return filed?
There is no CAA filing API. The figures are laid out in the ATOL Portal's exact field order for fast, error-free copy-in, with an auto-filled paper-return PDF as a fallback. You file; the system prepares, then records what was filed.
We're already trading: must we backdate everything?
No. An opening balance captures your position as of a stated date and folds into every return from day one: no months of dual-system catch-up, no masses of backdated certificates.
The loop · step 03
See it on your own ATOL.
Your ATOL return builds itself as you issue. Three-tier reconciliation, by booking type, on the departure basis, and every cell drills to the bookings behind it.