Risks of Topping up UK NI while living abroad and new HMRC deadline today

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squirrelpie said:

NotGertrude said:

Thank you for your post. I personally don't believe there was a misunderstanding, the lady on the phone asked me to wait while she checked her info with a colleague , was very clear and repeated it as I couldn't believe my ears the first time. Unfortunately I can't say which exact department I was talking with as I had been put through to them by the international pension service. 

With regards to the incorrect info on the other website, I wasn't permitted to include links here as I'm a newbie so I included the full quote and website. However, the point has been made (here) that this info is incorrect or at least imprecisely phrased - as I thought- and possibly the source is unreliable. I was only looking at it because I was looking all over for clarity on other points, which I finally found here. 

Sorry, I wasn't implying any criticism of you at all. My first comment is about the potential incompetence at HMRC. My second comment was simply a request for further information as stated, because the text you quoted does not seem to appear on the page you stated ( https://www.taxrebateservices.co.uk/tax-faqs/ ). So I presumably need to click on something on the page to see for example 'NI38' or 'HMRC form CF83'.

It's linked way down the page, one of the entries under a pink bar headed "National Insurance".

The link takes you to:

https://www.taxrebateservices.co.uk/tax-faqs/national-insurance/class-2-national-insurance-if-i-leave-uk/

You'll find the misleading text there.