How downloading of P6, P9, SL1, SL2 and others works?

Downloading of P6, P9, SL1, SL2 and others from HMRC:
Other than E-filing services, the www.eFileReady.com Gateway Server can also be used to download your P6, P9, SL1, SL2 etc. documents from the HMRC's Data Provisioning Service (DPS). This allows you to conduct auto tax code updates.

 

The retrieval of your P6 and P9 data using the HMRC Secured Mail Service (SMS) was abolished in Sept 2006. The only way to get your P6, P9, SL1, SL2 and other notices is now through the Data Provisioning Service (DPS). eFileReady was among the very first to provide a working DPS service to its users.

Through the eFileReady Gateway DPS system you can download your P6 and P9 and other available forms from the HMRC DPS. You can further in turn download the respective data in a CSV format, to conduct auto-tax code updates in your own system.

The HMRC DPS Server allows users to download their data in two different approaches:
• Ongoing Incremental Approach
• Date Defined Approach

Our system has been tested and certified to work perfectly with both approaches.

• Ongoing Incremental Approach:
This allows you to download your respective notices on an ongoing basis. I.e. only the new and latest notices will be downloaded each time you give it an instruction. The eFileReady Gateway Server has incorporated this design into its software architecture, helping you to store whatever you downloaded previously in its Server in an orderly manner. You can view and print your historical notices at anytime for up to 3 years over the net.

• Date Defined Approach:
You can retrieve your current and historical data from the HMRC Server by entering your requirement into the eFileReady Gateway Server. Should your system crash, you need not worry because you can always retrieve the data again from the DPS. The eFileReady Gateway Server allows you to retrieve your data from any historical period in the current tax year.

The range of documents that can be downloaded from DPS include:

For Downloading from the DPS
- P6, P9 and P6(b)
- SL1, SL2
- NOT, AR
- Various other notices