Relief At Source API

Available in Sandbox Yes
Sandbox base URL https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk
Available in Production Yes
Production base URL https://api.service.hmrc.gov.uk

Overview

Check a pension scheme member residency for tax purposes. Pension scheme administrators need this for relief at source claims.

Before you start

You will need the pension scheme member’s:

  • full name
  • date of birth
  • National Insurance number

Errors

We use standard HTTP status codes to show whether an API request succeeded or not. They are usually in the range:

  • 200 to 299 if it succeeded, including code 202 if it was accepted by an API that needs to wait for further action
  • 400 to 499 if it failed because of a client error by your application
  • 500 to 599 if it failed because of an error on our server

Errors specific to each API are shown in the Endpoints section, under Response. See our reference guide for more on errors.

Testing

You can use the sandbox environment to test this API.

It does not currently support stateful behaviour, but you can use the payloads described in Resources to test specific scenarios.

You must set up a test user which is an organisation for this API using the Create Test User API.

Versioning

When an API changes in a way that is backwards-incompatible, we increase the version number of the API. See our reference guide for more on versioning.

Endpoints

View API endpoints
Why do these endpoints look different?

The endpoints for this API now use the Open API Specification (OAS).

The API has not changed. You do not need to make any updates to your application if you already use this API.