Voluntary National Contributions - reference number

MisnerSpace

Dear All,

I managed to get through to the future pensions help line about 3 weeks ago and they then passed me onto the HMRC. I requested to buy 4 years and they gave me a reference number to use when I carry out the bank transfer. I  will not have the funds until the beginning of June which is when I am going to pay. My question is this: does the reference number they gave me expire? Or will I have to request a new one as it would have been a month since I received the original reference number?

Thanks for your help in advance

p00hsticks

As far as I'm aware it won't expire (certainly not in just a few weeks) but it does relate to the specific years you have requested to buy, so what you can't do (without causing confusion and error) is use it pay a different amount for a different set of years. 

pinnks

Indeed - as one will notice, the reference is made up, among other things, of the amount one is going to pay, plus part of ones NI number...
 

MisnerSpace

Thanks for your replies, much appreciated