Self Assessment Online: 2008 Internet Service Technical Pack for Software Developers

Technical Pack for Software Developers

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Please take time to read the 'How to use the Test Services' document along with the other relevant items that are included within this page.

Generic documents - these apply to individual, partnership and trust submissions
Description	Version number	Publication date
How to use the Test Service	1.0	31 October 2007
Non Form Validation Rules - Data items which fall outside the machine readable rules	1.0	31 October 2007
Generic IRmark Techpack This contains technical specifications and examples of the generic IRmark (also known as HMRC mark).	1.0	14 June 2004
Test in Live Information and Error Messages (PDF 82K)	1.0	31 October 2007
Acceptable Characters (PDF 23K)	1.0	21 December 2007
Copy Declaration	1.0	18 January 2008
Attachment recognition PDFs (ZIP 13K)	1.0	8 February 2008

Local Test Service (LTS) and LTS Update Manager (LTSUM)
Description
Local Test Service (LTS) and LTS Update Manager (LTSUM) (ZIP 20.1MB) – These tools give you the facility to test your software for HMRC rules compliance within your own environment

Individual Returns
Description	Version number	Publication date
Self Assessment Individual RIM artefacts (ZIP 3.0MB) including changes since version 1.3	1.4	20 March 2008
Tax NIC Calculation (ZIP 126KB)	2.4	14 January 2008
Test Case Generator (ZIP 404KB) - Including changes since version 4.0	7.0	7 December 2007
MTR Mapping document (ZIP 21KB) - Including changes since version 3.0	4.0	30 June 2008
Specials (PDF 463K) - Including changes since version 5.0	6.0	30 June 2008
Exclusions (PDF 352K) – including changes since version 4.0	5.0	13 November 2008
Generated Cases (ZIP 79K) – produced from v7.0 of the Test Case Generator	1.0	21 January 2008
Recognition Process and Additional Test Case Data (XLS 37K)	1.0	29 February 2008
Individual Valid Sample (XML 3K)	1.0	21 December 2007

Partnership Returns
Description	Version number	Publication date
Partnership RIM artefacts (ZIP 897K) - including changes since version 1.1	1.2	29 February 2008
Specials and Exclusions (PDF 372K) including changes since Version 1.1	2.0	13 November 2008
Test Cases and Recognition Process (XLS 241K)	1.0	8 February 2008
Partnership Valid Sample (XML 14K)	1.0	21 December 2007

Trust and Estate Returns
Description	Version number	Publication date
Trust RIM artefacts (ZIP 1.4MB)	1.0	25 September 2007
Validation rules for Trusts (XLS 382K)	4.0	25 September 2007
Specials and Exclusions (PDF 98K) - including changes since version 1.0	2.0	13 November 2008
Test Cases and Recognition Process (XLS 110K)	1.0	8 February 2008
Trust Valid Sample (XML 4K)	1.0	21 December 2007