The key proposals for software developers are:

• Inland Revenue would support software developers so they can develop and improve products for their clients. Inland Revenue is proposing strategic partnerships with these groups, starting with payroll businesses.
• A key element to the proposals is that software developers would develop software that will be able to deal with routine tax compliance tasks, such as providing PAYE information directly into Inland Revenue systems without the need to access separate Inland Revenue systems.
• The Government is asking for views from software developers about how the strategic partnership to develop this software might work and ideas to encourage employers to move from a paper to an electronic environment.