National insurance contributions

Deneb

Thanks all.

I just found it confusing because I actually chose my retirement date on the basis that I'd earned over £5,876 gross income, which from what I had read is the basis for a qualifying year. I subsequently became concerned over the fact that HMRC apparently only get details of taxable income, which for me was £5,776 after pension contributions and other non-taxable deductions.

Presumably then, they calculate entitlement from the amounts shown in the earnings threshold columns on the P14.

For the sake of accuracy, I know I referred to £5,824 in my previous post, but I copied that from Triumph13's post. Looking at the documents I saved copies of earlier in the year I think £5,876 or £113 a week is the correct figure for 2017-18, and £5,824 or £112 a week was the LEL for the previous year.