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National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.

• Overview

  You pay National Insurance contributions to qualify for certain benefits…

• Your National Insurance number

  You have a National Insurance number to make sure your National Insurance…

• National Insurance classes

  The class you pay depends on your employment status and how much you earn.…

• How much you pay

  The amount of National Insurance you pay depends on your employment status…

• What National Insurance is for

  National Insurance contributions count towards the benefits and pensions…

• Help if you're not working

  Your benefits could be affected if there are gaps in your National…

• Change of circumstance

  You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you: change your personal…

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.

National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.

• Overview

  If you do not pay National Insurance you may have gaps in your National…

• Check which National Insurance contributions you can pay

  This table explains who’s eligible to pay Class 2 or Class 3…

• Rates

  The rates for the 2024 to 2025 tax year are: £3.45 a week for Class 2…

• How and when to pay

  If you live in the UK, find out how to: pay Class 2 voluntary…

Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.

Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.

How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - online, Direct Debit, bank transfer, cheque.

This tax information and impact note is about a reduction in the main rate of primary Class 1 National Insurance contributions and the main rate of Class 4 National Insurance contributions from 6 April 2024.

• Updated: 7 March 2024

Pay voluntary National Insurance for periods abroad.

• Updated: 31 January 2024

Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.

• Updated: 6 April 2023

This tax information and impact note covers a reduction in the main rate of Primary Class 1 National Insurance contributions from 6 January 2024, the main rate of Class 4 National Insurance contributions from 6 April 2024 and the removal...

• Updated: 23 November 2023