Guidance

Outgoing Data Provisioning Service: technical specifications

Data Provisioning Service technical specifications for software developers, including tax code, student loan and generic notifications.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 30 November 2007
• Last updated: 22 September 2022 — See all updates

Documents

DPS API specification: version 3.0

PDF, 516 KB, 21 pages

Supplementary guidance and how to use the DPS test service: version 2.8

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DPS WSDLs: version 1.1

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DPS outgoing schemas: version 2.92

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Generic notification schemas: version 1.0

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Response error messages: version 1.1

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DPS sample data: version 1.1

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DPS stylesheets: version 10.0

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/gds/ebu/paye_techpack/dps-stylesheets-v10-0.zip

Details

Use these Data Provisioning Service technical specifications relevant to tax code, student loan and generic notifications if you’re a software developer.

Related guidance

Outgoing Data Provisioning Service: Outgoing XML Generator
Use this tool if you are a software developer wanting to produce user-defined XML test scenarios.

Published 30 November 2007
Last updated 22 September 2022 + show all updates

1. 22 September 2022

   The supplementary guidance has been updated from version 2.7 to version 2.8.

2. 1 September 2020

   DPS outgoing schemas has been updated to version 2.92.

3. 7 December 2018

   DPS API specification updated to version 3.0, supplementary guidance updated to version 2.7, outgoing schemas updated to version 2.91 and stylesheets updated to version 10.0.

4. 15 March 2018

   Data Provisioning Service API specification updated to version 1.9, for minor wording changes.

5. 3 October 2017

   Supplementary guidance updated to version 2.6.

6. 20 February 2017

   DPS stylesheets updated to version 9.0.

7. 24 January 2017

   DPS Outgoing Schemas updated to version 2.9.

8. 3 October 2016

   DPS Outgoing Schemas v2-8 added to the page.

9. 30 March 2015

   The DPS API specification and Supplementary guidance and how to use the DPS test service documents have been updated.

10. 24 December 2014

    DPS outgoing schemas 2.7 has been added to the page.

11. 23 December 2014

    DPS API specification 1.7, DPS stylesheets 8.0, and DPS outgoing schemas 2.6 have been added to the page.

12. 30 November 2007

    First published.