Exhibit 99(c)

ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE



HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION



HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES FUNDING, INC. III



HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST I

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I, Joyce A. Bevacqua, Servicing Officer of HSBC Finance Corporation (successor by merger to Household Finance Corporation), as Servicer, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Master Indenture dated as of September 25, 2000 (as amended and restated, the "Indenture") among Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, Household Credit Card Master Note Trust I, (the "Issuer") and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association), as Indenture Trustee, that:



|1. | A review of the activities of the Issuer from January 1 through December 31, 2005 and of performance under the Indenture has been made under my supervision; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|2. | To the best of my knowledge, based on my review, the Issuer has complied with all material conditions and covenants under the Indenture throughout such year. Based on such review, the Issuer has, to the best of my knowledge, performed in all material respects its obligations under the Indenture throughout such year and no default in the performance of such obligations has occurred or is continuing except as set forth below.
|   | NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this certificate this 1st day of March, 2006.





HSBC Finance Corporation, as Servicer/s/ J. A. Bevacqua
J. A. Bevacqua
Servicing Officer



ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE



HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION



HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES FUNDING, INC. III



HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST I

________________________________________________________



I, Joyce A. Bevacqua, Servicing Officer of HSBC Finance Corporation (successor by merger to Household Finance Corporation) (the "Servicer "), DO HEREBY CERTIFY, in accordance with the Transfer and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 25, 2000 (as amended and supplemented), by and among Household Receivables Funding, Inc. III, as Transferor, the Servicer, and Household Credit Card Master Note Trust I, as Issuer, (the "Agreement") that:



|1. | HSBC Finance Corporation is, as of the date hereof, the Servicer under the Agreement.  Capitalized terms used in this Certificate have their respective meanings as set forth in the Agreement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|2. | The undersigned is a Servicing Officer who is duly authorized pursuant to the Agreement to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Trust.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|3. | A review of the activities of the Servicer from January 1 through December 31, 2005 and of its performance under the Agreement has been made under my supervision.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|4. | Based on such review, the Servicer has, to the best of my knowledge, performed in all material respects its obligations under the Agreement throughout such year and no default in the performance of such obligations has occurred or is continuing except as set forth in paragraph 5 below.                                                                                                                                      
|5. | The following is a description of each default in 	the performance of the Servicer's obligations under the provisions of the Agreement known to me to have been made by the Servicer during the calendar year ended December 31, 2005, which sets forth in detail (i) the nature of each such default, (ii) the action taken by the Servicer, if any, to remedy each such default and (iii) the current status of each such default:
|   | NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this certificate this 1st day of March, 2006. 
HSBC Finance Corporation, as Servicer/s/ J. A. BevacquaJ. A. Bevacqua
Servicing Officer