can a employer make a employee pay employer ni as well as employee ni

ason

Can a employer make a employee pay employer ni as well as employee ni as the company iv been doing some work for has just started doing this, i have a utr number but there saying everyone has to be paye now to do with new rules so i would be paying ni twice every week and that dont make any sense to me ive just had a tax rebate and im fully up todate with my ni payments but all this is beyond me any help would be good.

le_loup

Do you think you are an employee or self employed.

cheops2006

Sounds like a cowboy outfit to me I wouldn't have thought so its there responsibility

ason

I thought that it was a bit odd.

ason

Well i was self employed paid my own tax and ni but there saying new rules this month and telling me im paye and there also taking 25 pound out aweek for holiday pay.

comeandgo

If you are now deemed to be an employee then you do not continue paying the self employed NI contributions.

ason

I work on the railway for more than one company and two off them so far have started doing this not just to me but everyone.

chrisbur

Are you being paid through an umbrella company?

ason

Well if u add self employed NI contributions to this then im paying ni 3 times.

ason

Yes i do get paid by a umbrella company but it is there own.

ason

I only work for one at a time and this has just happened so i dont no yet.