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Missing (and topping up) National Insurance Contributions during a PhD

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  • jennifernil
    jennifernil Posts: 5,783 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    edited 13 January 2012 at 9:23PM
    What was the period it was earned over? Did you do it as SE, or was it through Uni.

    NI goes weekly or monthly if employed (no idea about if SE) , so it is possible to have to pay NI even on £368.

    Surely they said what the £50 was for?
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    Ask for a pension forecast. That should show years in which your record is deficient. You cannot know what the future holds, so pay what is necessary to ensure a 100% record. Ask for a receipt and keep both it, and the forecast, forever.
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
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