NI credits

CathA

bigadaj wrote: »

Might be worth raising with a moderator or the forum team, it could be soemthing to include on one of the weekly emails, that would go out to a few million and cover a fair percentage of the population.

That's a good idea. How do I contact the moderators? Thanks.

molerat

Hopefully MrsM will be able to claim for this from 2011-12 to 2015-16 at 40 weeks per year and 15 weeks of this year when youngest reaches 12. Will cut about £3K off the £5.5K we were about spend on class 3s. The government have not exactly made this headline news have they !

CathA

molerat wrote: »

Hopefully MrsM will be able to claim for this from 2011-12 to 2015-16 at 40 weeks per year and 15 weeks of this year when youngest reaches 12. Will cut about £3K off the £5.5K we were about spend on class 3s. The government have not exactly made this headline news have they !

Not sure about backdating the claim to be honest. I must admit it came as a surprise to me.

woolly_wombat

CathA wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5444614

I've just discovered this in another section and wondered if it is worth me claiming it next year? I will be looking after my grandson a few days a week permanently soon whilst my dsughter starts her teaching job. She will be earning enough to pay NI contributions.

CathA wrote: »

how can this information be made more widely available to the people that will benefit the most (it's mostly grandmothers who look after the grandchildren and mostly a certain age group that could benefit from the NI contribution transfer)

You could try contacting the 'retirement Agony Uncle Steve Webb' with your query. He has received praise for his articles from some of our most knowledgeable pension experts (SnowMan and hyubh):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/pensions/article-3535618/STEVE-WEBB-Buying-ups-paying-missing-NI-boost-state-pension.html

If you get a response it would reach a wide audience.

molerat

My daughter had a letter this morning stating that MrsM had been awarded her child care credits for 2011-12 to 2014-15, 40 wks each year :T

atush

So you could back date it then? Excellent news!

Whatcha gonna do with the extra 3.5K then? Do I smell a holiday?

xylophone

You could try contacting the 'retirement Agony Uncle Steve Webb' with your query. He has received praise for his articles from some of our most knowledgeable pension experts (SnowMan and hyubh):

Perhaps by now he has "boned up" on the complexities of GMP/COD.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4920460

And I find this

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3624398/Vulnerable-British-Steel-pensioners-set-lose-thousands-changes-pushed-Government.html

http://www.puntersouthall.com/pension-insights-and-views/Insight%20Attachments/CPI_versus_RPI_July_10.pdf

rather ironic.

Take for example a pensioner of a DB scheme with GMP and whose scheme index links to RPI.

Formerly, he would have received RPI increases on both parts of his pension.

Since dear Steve's changes, that part of his pension that is GMP increases only by CPI.........

And as for the women's pension age debacle.........

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/626815/Bad-decision-Ex-minister-regret-Government-women-pension-age

molerat

atush wrote: »

So you could back date it then? Excellent news!

Whatcha gonna do with the extra 3.5K then? Do I smell a holiday?

Just keeping it in the "keeping us going from 55-66 fund" Still got to buy my 3 years yet which were not budgeted for under the "old" scheme.