Have you ever thought about your pension? It might seem far away, but it's super important to start thinking about it now! One of the key things that helps build your future pension is your National Insurance (NI) contributions. In today's post, we explain an important deadline that you won't want to miss out on if you have gaps in your NI contributions and would like to potentially boost your state pension.

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From April 2025, the secondary threshold for employer National Insurance ('NI') will be lowered. This means that employers will need to start paying employer NI contributions on their employees' earnings sooner. In today's post we explain how this will affect employers, how much the employer NICs will increase, changes to the Employment Allowance, and more.

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As we approach retirement, ensuring a comfortable financial future becomes a top priority. The state pension, a crucial source of retirement income, is dependent on the number of qualifying years of National Insurance (NI) contributions you have made. While gaps in your NI record can diminish your state pension entitlement, there's a solution: voluntary NI contributions.

To receive the full state pension, you need 35 qualifying years of NI contributions. These years typically accumulate as you work, with contributions automatically deducted from your salary. However, there may be instances where you may not have earned enough to make mandatory NI contributions, leading to gaps in your record.

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The original deadline for buying National Insurance 'credit' was 31st July 2023, but you can now 'buy' incomplete years to boost your state pension until 5th April 2025. The extension was approved by the Government, giving HMRC more time to deal with the process.

You can view our original blog on what you need to do to plug the gaps in your National Insurance contributions here.

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^{IMPORTANT: the video mentions the original deadline in April 2023. This has now been extended to 31 July 2023.}

Do you have gaps in your National Insurance record? If so, it could mean that you could get a lower State Pension when you reach state retirement age, particularly if you are aged between approximately 45 and 70 at the moment. Generally speaking, you need 10 years of contributions for a basic state pension and around 30 to 35 years for a full state pension. It does vary by circumstance though and, even with gaps, some people might have enough qualifying years for the full state pension already.

Urgently Check Whether You Have National Insurance Gaps

Our advice is to urgently check whether you do have any gaps in your National Insurance record. If so, in many cases it would be wise to make some one-off payments to plug any gaps for the years 2006 to 2016. However, there is limited time to do so despite the deadline for this opportunity having been extended from early April to the end of July 2023 [UPDATE: This has now been extended again to 5th April 2025]. Thereafter, the chance to fix all 11 years from 2006 to 2016 will be gone forever.More information follows, including how to check, how to top up and more.

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