Recently, a self-employed psychologist reached out to us to find out whether she was legally required to make her website accessible. After walking through the standard checklist with her, it became clear that she qualified for an exemption.
According to the regulations, business owners who are exempt from accessibility requirements must obtain written confirmation from their accountant, verifying that their annual revenue fell below ₪100,000 in each of the past three years.
But here's where things got tricky — she doesn't have an accountant at all. She manages her own financial reports and files them directly with the Israeli Tax Authority.
So How Can You Still Qualify for the Exemption?
Instead of sending her off to hire an accountant, we explained that she simply needs to retain the tax declarations she already filed with the Tax Authority for the past three years — so that if required, she can present them to the relevant authority on request.
It turned out to be a straightforward solution. Our client, who had briefly worried she might need to bring in an accountant just for accessibility compliance purposes, realized the path forward was much simpler than she'd feared 🙂.
As for us — our guiding principle is to never burden clients with unnecessary processes.
Why Are We Sharing This Story?
To make one thing clear: not every small business works with an accountant. And looking at the bigger picture — sometimes the regulations need to be applied with a degree of flexibility.
We always look for ways to adapt the rules to the real-world situations of small business owners. Quite a few small businesses come to us wanting to assess their website's accessibility compliance.
And ultimately, when you truly know the law inside and out, you can help clients save time, save money — and more often than we'd expect, save them a whole lot of unnecessary stress.