Paying Self-Employed NI contributions from 2006-2010 advice please!

feronni

Hi

Looking for some advice/clarification please.

I’m self-employed (always have been) and due to get State Pension in 2030.

If I continue I will be 4 years short of full state pension so was looking to pay some empty years 2006-2010 on my NI record.

 

Spoke to Future pension Service today who then put me through to HMRC.
Was given the 18 digit reference and told it would be £3296.80 for the 4 years.

 

However those 4 years ( 2006-2010)I was on a very low self-employment income profit.

 

I was wondering if the person I spoke to presumed I was employed and was giving me the Class 3 rate for those years.

 

Im only asking for advice as I’m sure Ive seen on MSE or HMRC forums about there being a lower rate if you were self-employed?

It even looks ambiguous on some HMRC pages?

 

Is it worth me re-contacting HMRC to check this or do I just have to pay this?

 

Many Thanks

 

Tony

Mr.Generous

Mine was £600 and something for 4 years, class 2 self employed. They have yours wrong, I only paid last week or so.

molerat

Were you registered for the small earnings exception for class 2 ? If not then you will not be entitled to pay class 2 but need to pay class 3 instead

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/national-insurance-manual/nim21044

It was a bit of a quirk that existed before 201?. You need to recheck with HMRC.