DANSP30800 - Notices of decision: Wording of National Insurance contributions liability decisions: Period covered by Class 1 National Insurance contributions liability decisions

DANSP29200 and DANSP29300 should be applied when wording all National Insurance contributions (NIC) liability decisions irrespective of the Class of NIC due.

Before wording a Class 1 NIC liability decision, consider what period the decision should cover. This can be any period from one tax week to several tax years and will depend upon the circumstances of each case. Before deciding the period consider the following points:

• do not include future periods even though there may be ongoing Class 1 NIC liability 
• in most cases, you should include the whole period in one notice of decision where the period covered by the dispute spans more than one tax year (where the decision maker considers that there are good reasons to separate the tax years or tax periods, the legislation does not prevent the issue of separate notices of decision)
• the period covered by the dispute can be one or more earnings period 
• consider what information you require to calculate the NIC due for the period covered by the decision, see DANSP30900

DANSP26700 provides guidance about raising a charge on the Strategic Accounting Framework Environment (SAFE) system.