State pension query

deefadog

Hi,

I received a letter from the Inland revenue, stating that from the Tax years 1996-97 I had a short fall of my National Insurance - £273.70

I have no knowledge what so ever on state pensions and national insurance and i would appreciate a help in hand on this

Background
During this time i was in my last year in university (and had a part time job) both which finished in the August and I was on job seekers allowance until February 97 - where i have been in full time employment ever since!

So a couple of questions:

Should i pay this up, is it important?

Secondly is this accurate as i was claiming job seekers allowance during this time

CIS

To find out if you need to pay for a tax year, for state pension purposes, you need to get a state pension forecast.

call them on 0845 3000168 or visit the pension service website and request a state pension forecast.

Once you've got it, if you need any more help post again and we'll try and help.

In your working life, there are 5 years that you can manage without and stil get a full pension. A working life is 49years, you only need 44 for a full pension.

deefadog

Than you CIS, I will find out first and report back!

Cheers