National insurance credits and benefits help

Spoonie_Turtle

Caterpillar1 said:

molerat said:

8dayweek said:

In this link there’s a table of the various NI Credits:

https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance-credits/eligibility

I think if employed and earning over £123 per week, but below £242 per week, you don’t pay NI but are credited with Class 1 contributions. 

And if through self employment you will need profits in excess of £6725 for the free class 2 credits but if genuinely self employed and not meeting the £6725 profits you could buy them for £3.45 per week / £179.40 per year.

Thanks for that, I am new to all this so only have basic understanding of it all, do you know of any websites I can look up all this information, so I can read about the differences between class 1 and 3 credits, to get a better understanding?

This might help https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance/what-national-insurance-is-for