Transferred married allowance & National insurance contributions

mookev

My wife transferred part of her married tax allowance to me this year. She has noticed an increase in her NI Payments and when i checked the online calculator she is paying at Ni rate A not rate B The married persons allowance. Is this due to the transferred tax allowance or merely an error? Thanks

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mookev wrote: »

My wife transferred part of her married tax allowance to me this year. She has noticed an increase in her NI Payments and when i checked the online calculator she is paying at Ni rate A not rate B The married persons allowance. Is this due to the transferred tax allowance or merely an error? Thanks

Table B is the reduced married women's stamp - nothing to do with the transfer of marriage persons allowance. Has your wife has always paid at this rate?

molerat

Or is it that last year she was cat D due to being in a contracted out pension scheme ?

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molerat wrote: »

Or is it that last year she was cat D due to being in a contracted out pension scheme ?

I would agree that this is much more likely - long time since I have seen a category B NIC being applied

xylophone

Interested in your views.my wife is 60 yrs old, and is on basic minimum wag part time hours earning aroung 7k year.

The above was posted by OP on 6 March.

If it is still the case, then his wife is earning £135 a week, falls between LEL and PT and shouldn't be paying NI?

http://taxaid.org.uk/guides/information/an-introduction-to-income-tax-national-insurance-and-tax-credits/national-insurance/national-insurance-for-employees-and-employers/national-insurance-thresholds

chrisbur

I think that to see what is happening here we need to see some actual figures. Can you advise the 2015/16 P60 figures for national insurance (failing that say last couple of payslip details for 2015/16 gross pay and employee NI ) and the payslip figures for this year?