Guidance

Local Test Service and LTS update manager

A guide for software developers to installing and running the Local Test Service (LTS) on Windows.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 1 October 2014
• Last updated: 6 February 2024 — See all updates

Documents

LTS 6.9

https://www.tpvs.hmrc.gov.uk/tools/v2/LTS6.9.zip

Installing and running the Local Test Service on Windows

PDF, 853 KB, 17 pages

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Details

Use the Local Test Service (LTS) tool to test your software against HMRC rules within your own environment.

Download the Local Test Service tool and save to an appropriate location.

Once downloaded locate the file, right click it and choose option ‘Extract all’.

If you have Winzip installed then the ‘Extract all’ option may not show up, you will have an option to ‘Extract to’ instead.

Version 7 of the Java Software Development Kit (SDK) needs to be installed and working. You can find version 7 of the Java Software Development Kit on the Oracle website.

Published 1 October 2014
Last updated 6 February 2024 + show all updates

1. 6 February 2024

   Local Test Service version 6.9 is now available and has replaced version 6.8.

2. 30 November 2023

   Local Test Service version 6.8 is now available and has replaced version 6.7.

3. 8 March 2023

   Local Test Service version 6.7 is now available and has replaced version 6.6.

4. 15 December 2022

   Local Test Service version 6.6 is now available and has replaced version 6.4.

5. 12 July 2022

   Local Test Service version 6.4 is now available and has replaced version 6.3.

6. 16 March 2022

   Local Test Service (LTS) version 6.3 is now available and has replaced version 6.2.

7. 9 December 2021

   LTS 6.1 has been replaced with LTS 6.2.

8. 6 October 2021

   LTS 6.0 has been replaced with LTS 6.1.

9. 4 February 2020

   LTS 5.8 has been replaced with LTS 5.9

10. 27 November 2019

    LTS 5.7 has been replaced with LTS 5.8

11. 26 November 2018

    Local Test Service version 5.7 is now available.

12. 26 September 2018

    Local Test Service version 5.6 is now available.

13. 9 January 2018

    Local Test Service version 5.5 is now available.

14. 11 July 2017

    The Local Test Service and LTS update manager page has been updated with a service availability message.

15. 23 November 2016

    The software developers guide 'Local Test Service' has been updated to LTS 5.4.

16. 4 November 2015

    The software developers guide 'Local Test Service' has been updated to LTS 5.3.

17. 1 October 2014

    First published.