Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 January 2006. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 February 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

HM Revenue and Customs

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he uses to decide whether the HM Revenue and Customs logo may appear on a commercial product; and whether HM Revenue and Customs endorses any tax calculation products which do not include the full UK tax return.

Answer: [holding answer 31 January 2006]: HMRC authorises suppliers to use its logo only in cases where there is clear benefit to the Department and its relationship with its customers.PAYE products produced by a third party can carry the following message if they have achieved HMRC's Payroll Standards: ““Tested and meets HM Revenue & Customs Payroll Standard””. This message does not include the HMRC logo.In addition, although HMRC does not endorse any of these products, the Self Assessment Filing Partner logo was developed for those software vendors who entered into an agreement with HMRC to jointly promote their SA filing online services.

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