diff --git a/app/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.js b/app/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.js
index ef2230656f..d27deea78a 100644
--- a/app/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.js
+++ b/app/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.js
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ async function _fetch (licenceRef, billingPeriod) {
     .where('licenceRef', licenceRef)
     // water-abstraction-service filters out old return logs in this way: see `src/lib/services/returns/api-connector.js`
     .where('startDate', '>=', '2008-04-01')
-    .where('startDate', '<=', billingPeriod.endDate)
     .where('endDate', '>=', billingPeriod.startDate)
+    .where('endDate', '<=', billingPeriod.endDate)
     .whereJsonPath('metadata', '$.isTwoPartTariff', '=', true)
     .orderBy('startDate', 'ASC')
     .orderBy('returnReference', 'ASC')
diff --git a/test/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.test.js b/test/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.test.js
index b267991258..f6895eb443 100644
--- a/test/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.test.js
+++ b/test/services/bill-runs/two-part-tariff/fetch-return-logs-for-licence.service.test.js
@@ -146,10 +146,31 @@ describe('Fetch Return Logs for Licence service', () => {
         expect(result[0].returnSubmissions[0].returnSubmissionLines).to.have.length(0)
       })
     })
+
+    describe('where the return logs start date is outside the billing period but the end date is inside', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        await ReturnLogHelper.add({
+          startDate: new Date('2022-01-01'),
+          endDate: new Date('2022-12-31')
+        })
+        const { id } = returnLogRecord
+
+        await ReturnSubmissionHelper.add({ returnLogId: id })
+      })
+
+      it('returns the return log and return submission lines that are applicable', async () => {
+        const { licenceRef } = returnLogRecord
+        const result = await FetchReturnLogsForLicenceService.go(licenceRef, billingPeriod)
+
+        expect(result).to.have.length(1)
+        expect(result[0].id).to.equal(returnLogRecord.id)
+        expect(result[0].description).to.equal('The Description')
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe('when there are NO valid return logs that should be considered', () => {
-    describe('because the return log is outside the billing period', () => {
+    describe('because the return log is fully outside the billing period', () => {
       beforeEach(async () => {
         returnLogRecord = await ReturnLogHelper.add({
           startDate: new Date('2023-04-01'),
@@ -168,6 +189,25 @@ describe('Fetch Return Logs for Licence service', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('because the return logs start date is inside the billing period but end date is outside', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        returnLogRecord = await ReturnLogHelper.add({
+          startDate: new Date('2023-01-01'),
+          endDate: new Date('2023-12-31')
+        })
+        const { id } = returnLogRecord
+
+        await ReturnSubmissionHelper.add({ returnLogId: id })
+      })
+
+      it('returns no records', async () => {
+        const { licenceRef } = returnLogRecord
+        const result = await FetchReturnLogsForLicenceService.go(licenceRef, billingPeriod)
+
+        expect(result).to.have.length(0)
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('because the return log is not two-part-tariff', () => {
       beforeEach(async () => {
         const metadata = {