National Insurance number different on wage slip.

apbow76

Hi everyone.
I recently found my old NI number card and noticed the the last letter is different to the one on my wage slip.
I was wondering if this will effect my contributions.
hope someone can help .

skintbint_2

i would contact contributions agency (inland revenue) and inform them just to be sure everything is okay as your contributions could have been posted to a wrong account, easier to sort out now rather than when you have to claim a benefit or a pension.

WhiteHorse

Nasty. Probably means that you contributions have been credited to someone else. There is also the faint possibility of fraud by someone in the wages office. Check with contributions agency at once.

coffeeandfags

The tax office and the tax credits office both use different last letters on my N.I. number too, so i phoned and queried it. The woman i spoke to at the tax office said the last letter didnt matter and that different offices often use different letters, so i dont think you have anything to worry about

Russe11

First 2 letter are the how old you are in the sense they run in sequence, the rest of the numbers are to do with processing systems, for example one of them refers to what payments cycle you are in should you claim and state benefits.

charlieann

I've had similar problems in the past. I gave my work the wrong NI number (correct numbers, wrong sequence) and they had been using this for over a year. Called people who deal with NI and they confirmed I had used the wrong number, but they payments had gone to the correct account using my name and DOB. They told me I just needed to correct it with my payroll dept., which involved a 5 min phone call.

System

I don't know if it's true but I was once told the last letter refers to which quarter of the calendar year you were born in. Mine is C and I was born in September which is the third quarter of the year. DH's is A and he was born in February. It doesn't really matter what it is though.

BTW the national insurance number on a tax credit claim is the one provided by the claimant on the claim form so if it's wrong then the either the claimant got it wrong or their writing was so bad that the scanner couldn't read it properly.

skint-student-nurse

My mum,sisters and i all have the same national insurance number and the difference is the letter at the end,my mum is A and my sisters are B+C and i am D. Its deffo worth a call to inland revenue to see whats going on with your contributions though as god forbid you should ever need it but the job centre can be right pains over lack of contributions,etc,even if you know you have paid the minimum amount.

bengalknights

Pam17 wrote: »

I don't know if it's true but I was once told the last letter refers to which quarter of the calendar year you were born in. Mine is C and I was born in September which is the third quarter of the year. DH's is A and he was born in February. It doesn't really matter what it is though.

BTW the national insurance number on a tax credit claim is the one provided by the claimant on the claim form so if it's wrong then the either the claimant got it wrong or their writing was so bad that the scanner couldn't read it properly.

I always thought the last letter was related to which one of the member of family you was and age ie

my sisters are A-D and me being youngest being E

System

skint-student-nurse wrote: »

My mum,sisters and i all have the same national insurance number and the difference is the letter at the end,my mum is A and my sisters are B+C and i am D. Its deffo worth a call to inland revenue to see whats going on with your contributions though as god forbid you should ever need it but the job centre can be right pains over lack of contributions,etc,even if you know you have paid the minimum amount.

I know my 2 daughters have very similar national insurance numbers with only one number and the last letter being different and I've seen many cases where siblings several years apart in age have similar national insurance numbers too. None though have had the same numbers and given that the first 2 letters are usually an indication of a particular era it's strange that your mums number is the same too. That's going to cause big problems especially if any of your names and/or initials are the same.

System

bengalknights wrote: »

I always thought the last letter was related to which one of the member of family you was and age ie

my sisters are A-D and me being youngest being E

I'm the eldest in my family