Taxpayers given more time for voluntary National Insurance contributions
Posted on 24th March 2023 by Joanne Stoneman
The government has extended the voluntary National Insurance deadline to 31 July 2023.
The government has extended the voluntary National Insurance deadline to 5th April 2025. The original deadline was 5th April 2023. This means taxpayers have more time to decide whether to fill any gaps in their National Insurance record dating back to April 2006, to boost their new State Pension.
As part of transitional arrangements to the new State Pension, eligible taxpayers can make voluntary contributions to any incomplete years between 2006 and April 2016.
Eligible taxpayers can find out how to check their National Insurance record, obtain a State Pension forecast, decide if making a voluntary National Insurance contribution is worthwhile for them and their pension, and how to make a payment on GOV.UK.
Taxpayers can check their National Insurance record, through the HMRC app or their Personal Tax Account.