State pension forecast query

molerat

dinosaur66 said:

i just looked up my own state pension forecast on HMRC because of the thread

and the fact me and op are a month apart in age

i can see OP will get £20 more than me/  mine states maximum £221.20

is this to do what jobs we all do and how much national insurance class 2 we all pay ?

i am 42 years self employed so pay a pittance in class 2

Class 2 is only for the self employed.  OP was employed paying class 1 and earning additional pension, additional pension is not earned with class 2.  As their pension is above the max new pension it was all earned before 2016 and nothing they have paid since then has added to the pension.

dinosaur66

molerat said:

dinosaur66 said:

i just looked up my own state pension forecast on HMRC because of the thread

and the fact me and op are a month apart in age

i can see OP will get £20 more than me/  mine states maximum £221.20

is this to do what jobs we all do and how much national insurance class 2 we all pay ?

i am 42 years self employed so pay a pittance in class 2

Class 2 is only for the self employed.  OP was employed paying class 1 and earning additional pension, additional pension is not earned with class 2.  As their pension is above the max new pension it was all earned before 2016 and nothing they have paid since then has added to the pension.

thank you

i forgot about the different national insurance contributions 1/2/3/4

explains the increase over mine

albeit us self employed pay class 4 and get zero benefits whatsoever for paying it as far as i am aware