Policy paper

National insurance and the self-employed

Details of the government’s reforms to National Insurance for the self-employed.

• From: HM Treasury
• Published: 8 March 2017

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

National Insurance and the self-employed: fact sheet

PDF, 251 KB, 6 pages

Details

Spring Budget 2017 has announced changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed. Alongside the planned abolition of Class 2 NICs from April 2018, the rate of Class 4 will increase from 9% to 10% in April 2018 and to 11% in April 2019. This document sets out the background to self-employed National Insurance and details the government’s reforms.

Published 8 March 2017