^{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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Good news – one less burden for Employers!

If you are an employer, you'll no doubt know about the new Automatic Enrolment scheme that was recently imposed on UK businesses. For most employers, it's yet another unwelcome administrative burden. However, it's not all bad news; in fact, Taxfile has some excellent news to share with you ...

As you probably know, compliance with the new Automatic Enrolment scheme is not optional. Virtually every UK employer has to choose and commit to a Workplace Pension Scheme, liaise with every employee, administer all the paperwork and comply with the various rules, regulations and deadlines. It's a massive administrative burden. However, the good news is that Taxfile can handle it all for you! Our prices are incredibly affordable too. So — it's a no-brainer!

Let Taxfile handle your Auto Enrolment for you

For a simple, affordable fee, Taxfile can help your company or organisation with:

• Monitoring, compliance and administration of your Auto Enrolment duties. We'll handle it all, on your behalf;
• Registering your compliance with The Pensions Regulator at the correct intervals;
• Integrating Auto Enrolment pension payments into your company payroll (if we handle payroll for you), so the right level of pension contributions, tax and NI is paid in relation to salaries;
• If you and all your employees are eligible and want to opt out of Auto Enrolment, we'll help you accomplish that too, within the rules.
• If you've missed your 'staging date' and want to minimise any penalty and get back on track, we can also help with that.

With Taxfile handling it all for you, you can get on with

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