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National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
If you do not pay National Insurance you may have gaps in your National…
This table explains who’s eligible to pay Class 2 or Class 3…
The rates for the 2024 to 2025 tax year are: £3.45 a week for Class 2…
If you live in the UK, find out how to: pay Class 2 voluntary…
Find out if you've paid enough National Insurance to qualify for the full State Pension - check gaps, contributions and credits, get a National Insurance statement, call the helpline.
Find out how to treat member’s voluntary pension contributions following the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).
How pension contributions are treated for members who have been rolled back from the Chapter 1 new scheme to the legacy scheme, and member’s choice of benefits in Chapter 1 and 2 schemes following the public service pensions remedy (known...
Pay voluntary National Insurance for periods abroad.
Find information about the National Insurance Contributions Bill which was introduced into Parliament on 12 May 2021.
The government will maintain the income tax Personal Allowance and higher rate threshold and National Insurance contributions Upper Earnings Limit and Upper Profits Limit at their 2021-2022 levels up to and including 2025-2026.
The National Insurance Contributions Bill was introduced into Parliament on 14 October 2013. The bill received Royal Assent on 13 March 2014.
Working out a director's National Insurance, using their annual earnings period, what to report to HMRC.
Use this calculator to work out employee National Insurance contributions, if you're an employee, employer, or a software developer.
How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - Direct Debit, bank, cheque, payslips.
Tax you pay and tax relief you get on contributions to your private pension - annual allowance, lifetime allowance, apply for individual protection
Apply online for a PDU1 certificate for unemployment benefit if you live or will be living abroad or for a paper statement of your National Insurance contributions.
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
When publishing your developer contributions data, follow this guidance on how to format, label and publish the data.
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The National Insurance contributions Act 2019 received Royal Assent on 24 July 2019.
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