Check your National Insurance record

You can check your National Insurance record online to see:

  • what you’ve paid, up to the start of the current tax year (6 April 2023)
  • any National Insurance credits you’ve received
  • if gaps in contributions or credits mean some years do not count towards your State Pension (they are not ‘qualifying years’)
  • if you can pay voluntary contributions to fill any gaps and how much this will cost

Your online record does not cover how much State Pension you’re likely to get.

This service is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

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Before you start

You need a Government Gateway user ID and password to check your National Insurance record. If you do not have a user ID, you can create one before you check your record.

Personal tax account

Signing in to the ‘Check your National Insurance record’ service activates your personal tax account. You can use this to check your HMRC records and manage your other details.

Other ways to apply

You can request a printed National Insurance statement:

You’ll need to say which years you want your statement to cover. You cannot request statements for the current or previous tax year.

You can also write to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

National Insurance contributions and Employers Office
HM Revenue and Customs
BX9 1AN

If you’ve paid National Insurance in the Isle of Man

Your record will not show National Insurance contributions from the Isle of Man if you reach State Pension age after 5 April 2016.

Email the National Insurance office in the Isle of Man to find out how much you’ve paid.

Isle of Man National Insurance office
nationalinsurance.itd@gov.im

You can also write to the office.

National Insurance contributions
Income Tax Division
Government Office
Bucks Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 3TX

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