HMRC forms, instructions and filing schemas

Source universe · Acquisition routes

Official implementation · Permitted automated ingestion · Public

Published by HM Revenue & Customs. Jurisdiction: UK.

What it covers

• tax forms
• form instructions
• Corporation Tax XML
• PAYE XML
• filing validation

Publication and history

Forms and technical packs change by filing period and may have separate implementation dates.

Form and schema versions are period-specific; superseded packages must retain version and validity dates.

Review cadence: Weekly. Reliability: Official publisher.

Acquisition and rights

• Acquisition: Permitted automated ingestion

• Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• Commercial reuse: Permitted with attribution

• Raw storage: Permitted

• Derived assertions: Permitted

• Public use: Attributed derived content

• Visibility: Public

Acquire only publisher files covered by the stated Crown licence; preserve whole versioned packs and never infer a filing rule from prose alone.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; credited third-party material remains excluded.

Evidence for this decision

• HMRC tax forms collection — Publisher evidence, reviewed 11 September 2026.
• Reuse GOV.UK content — Licence evidence, reviewed 11 September 2026.

Source registry: sterling-source-registry@2026-09-11.5. Last reviewed 11 September 2026.