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National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
You pay National Insurance contributions to qualify for certain benefits…
You have a National Insurance number to make sure your National Insurance…
The class you pay depends on your employment status and how much you earn.…
The amount of National Insurance you pay depends on your employment status…
National Insurance contributions count towards the benefits and pensions…
Your benefits could be affected if there are gaps in your National…
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.
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…
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.
Voluntary contributions and credits, numbers, rates and classes
Pay voluntary National Insurance for periods abroad.
How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - online, bank transfer, cheque, payslips.
How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - Direct Debit, bank, cheque, payslips.
Guidance for National Insurance. Including how to apply for a National Insurance number and check your record. As well as rates, paying, refunds, voluntary contributions and pensions.
Age-related tax allowance, calculating tax if you carry on working, National Insurance payments
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.
Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.
Use this calculator to work out employee National Insurance contributions for the current tax year, if you're an employee, employer, or a software developer.
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...
Find information about the National Insurance Contributions Bill which was introduced into Parliament on 12 May 2021.
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
Find out about the National Insurance contributions rules for employee travel expenses.
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.
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