Draft legislation National Insurance Contributions Rates, Limits and Thresholds 2014/15
29 January 2014
Draft Regulations have been published confirming the NICs rates, thresholds and limits for the 2014/15 tax year.
We published details from HMRC’s Software Developers Support Team on 18 December and the figures are confirmed as set out below.
2014/15 National Insurance thresholds
LEL
ST
PT
UAP
UEL
Weekly
£111
£153
£153
£770
£805
2 weekly
£222
£306
£306
£1,540
£1,611
4 weekly
£444
£612
£612
£3,080
£3,221
Monthly
£481
£663
£663
£3,337
£3,489
Annual
£5,772
£7,956
£7,956
£40,040
£41,865
The regulations amending the National Insurance contributions rates, thresholds and limits for the 2014-15 tax year come into force on 6 April 2014, subject to approval by Parliament. The draft regulations and explanatory notes can be accessed through the links below. Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 o Explanatory Memorandum Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Funds Payments) Order 2014 o Explanatory Memorandum
Class 3A Voluntary National Insurance
31 January 2014
Last month in the Autumn Statement, it was announced that the government intend to introduce a scheme to allow pensioners to top up their Additional State Pension by paying a new class of voluntary NICs, Class 3A. The scheme will open in October 2015 and will be available to all pensioners who reach State Pension age before the introduction of the single tier pension in April 2016. Class 3A will give pensioners an option to top up their pension in a way that will protect them from inflation and offer protection to surviving spouses. In particular, it could help women, and those who have been self-employed, who tend to have low Additional Pension entitlement.
Further detail is to be published at a later date but the government has published the policy details known so far. Some of the key details include:
Pricing, which will reflect the age an individual takes up class 3A. Prices will be lower for older pensioners because on average they will have a shorter life in retirement at the point they take up Class 3A. The government intends to publish a list showing prices of a unit by age.
CIPP Policy News Journal
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