confusing letter on NIC

money_wiser_2

I was self employed up untill 2002 due to disabillity. I did inform the tax office that the businesss was no longer running. This morning I received a letter about NIC saying how much will be taken for this year by DD for class 2 contributions or class 3 volutary. I am and have been on benefits since approx August 2002, which is after I informed the buisiness was no longer running, and have not worked since then. Should I be concerned about this letter or is it standard? I don't rememer receiving any others but I do have memory problems due to a bang on my head. I havent received any tax returns to fill in.

I'm totally confused by this.

Pennywise

It sounds like you didn't tell the NIC office that you ceased self employment. Just write back to them telling when you stopped - better late than never - and they'll leave you alone.

money_wiser_2

Pennywise wrote: »

It sounds like you didn't tell the NIC office that you ceased self employment. Just write back to them telling when you stopped - better late than never - and they'll leave you alone.

thanks for the reply

Would the tax office not have done this or is there more than one computer system? what i'm trying to say is - is it not all one big office?

Pennywise

money_wiser wrote: »

thanks for the reply

Would the tax office not have done this or is there more than one computer system? what i'm trying to say is - is it not all one big office?

No. Historically, NIC was run by the DHSS. Just like VAT was run by HMCE. Most taxes have been embraced under the HMRC umbrella, but offices, systems, etc., have never been merged and each department carries on independently. No doubt, one day, it will all merge properly, but each has huge databases with data from millions of people, written in different programming languages, on different computer operating systems. If you look at correspondence, you'll note different offices send you letters etc - you have to reply to the right one.

money_wiser_2

Thanks for the reply, it just seems unbelievable that they are not all linked.