John Endacott Tax Partner Winter Rule asks if the self-employed have been ejected from the contributory National Insurance system
During a recent discussion at the Treasury on National Insurance it dawned on me that as a self-employed professional the only National Insurance I pay under a contributory basis is £2.10 per week or £109 per year. However I do pay the maximum amount of Class 4 but that is not a benefit-based levy. Whilst my contributions under the National Insurance scheme are nominal my state benefit entitlement is also minimal. This made me wonder whether I had already been thrown out of the National Insurance club along with the rest of the self-employed.
In particular the self-employed can only earn entitlement to the basic state...
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John Endacott Tax Partner Winter Rule asks if the self-employed have been ejected from the contributory National Insurance system
During a recent discussion at the Treasury on National Insurance it dawned on me that as a self-employed professional the only National Insurance I pay under a contributory basis is £2.10 per week or £109 per year. However I do pay the maximum amount of Class 4 but that is not a benefit-based levy. Whilst my contributions under the National Insurance scheme are nominal my state benefit entitlement is also minimal. This made me wonder whether I had already been thrown out of the National Insurance club along with the rest of the self-employed.
In particular the self-employed can only earn entitlement to the basic state...
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