paying voluntary NI contributions

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dgtucky said:

So the work is accountancy, I did this self employed before I retired but now only do it for the children’s businesses. Now they are both established I will probably start charging a fee anyway. Does this need to be above the £1000 tax free limit to qualify for voluntary ni contributions?

No, if you are genuinely self employed and register as such with HMRC and complete an annual tax return then you will get the option to pay voluntary Class 2 NI even if your taxable profit is £0 because of the income being covered by the Trading Allowance.

https://www.litrg.org.uk/tax-guides/self-employment/what-trading-allowance#:~:text=The trading allowance exempts trading,trading, casual or miscellaneous income.