When do I stop paying national insurance?
One of our experts answers a reader's question.
14th May 2019 10:37
Q
“ I was reading that you pay national insurance until you reach retirement age. But when I got to 60 my employer said that after this age I did not need to pay NI and they stopped the contribution. Is this correct? ”
From: SG/Windsor
A
You pay national insurance contributions until your state pension age.
If you are a female born before April 1950, you will have stopped paying national Insurance at the age of 60, and this would be the same even if you continued to work.
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