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National Insurance Deductions

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Badsworth
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National Insurance Deductions

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Has anybody, who was a Xmas casual, had NI deductions taken in error by Angard? How long did it take to have it refunded, or are you still waiting?
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They are entitled to take NI deductions (i think).
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It's a bit confusing,baring in mind your 'Annual salary' could be well below the year end figure for a lot of you Angardies,but your weekly amount over...
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Reading between the lines I first thought the figures applied if you worked weekly but wen you multiply it by 52 it comes to the tax free allowance. I think your onto something. The other thing that would interest me is to obtain the state pension you have to make regular contributions over a number of years in your working life. Being the 21 year old that I am I shouldnt think about this but what is the rule regarding gaining a year of contributing to the NI pool as in a funny sort of way if you had to make a few contributions then this could be beneficial whenever if ever I become a pensioner.

In all honesty though it appears Angard have taken this into account in that the last couple of weeks I have paid 3.38 in NI which is exactly right as they are taking 12% of the additional amount that I have been earning above the £139 threshold. I also know that even if I remain employed for the rest of the tax year I will have earned under the threshold but have decided to carry on paying the 20% tax and all the other deductions knowing that I will be able to get this back. This gives me a bit of security if I wasn't wanted by Angard/RM anymore.

I wonder what AWR will do to all of this out of curiosity has there been anymore news to anybody about this.
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Re: National Insurance Deductions

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My apologies, but I accidentally omitted to say that I am of an age where I am exempt from paying NI contributions.
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Badsworth wrote:My apologies, but I accidentally omitted to say that I am of an age where I am exempt from paying NI contributions.
There is a number of people at the mail centre I work at in a similar situation. They have claimed various reasons for taking it (person didnt not send certificate is the usual one - why they cannot work it our from birthdate I do not know).
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See here for NI stuff...
http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org. ... tributions" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But at 21 years old,it's not panic stations...yet.
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