MSE News: State pension worry after nine million NI errors found

Former_MSE_Guy

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Nine million have not been credited with nearly £1.3bn in NI which could mean reduced pensions if they fail to act ..."

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State pension worry after nine million National Insurance errors found

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Yes, in my opinion, everyone should check their own State Pension Forcast on a regular basis (every 2 or 3 years) to make sure that their NI payments have been allocated to their state pension record. Do not rely on HMRC spotting the error

Several years ago, before I retired, I requested an online forcast and found that one year's NI payments had not been allocated, I phoned the DWP helpline and was asked to send them a copy of the relevant P60, shortly after, I received a letter and the missed NI allocation was corrected, but they did not admit any error or give an explanation of why they had missed that particular year, although all previous and subsequent years had been allocated correctly (same job).