Over state retirement age,
the employee contribution is Nil
Class 1A
On relevant benefits
12.8%
Nil
Class 2
Self employed
£2.40 per week
Limit of net earnings for exception
£5,075
per annum
Class 3
Voluntary
£12.05 per week
Class 4*
Self employed on profits
£5,715 - £43,875
8%
Excess over £43,875
1%
*Exemption applies if state retirement
age was reached by 6 April 2009
Tax and NICs - What lies ahead?
The Government has already made announcements about increases in tax
and NICs over the next few years. However, the personal tax changes have
now been replaced and the updated summary is as follows:
From April 2009, the upper earnings limit for Class 1 and Class 4
NIC has been increased substantially in order to align it with the
level at which people generally start to pay higher rate income tax
(£844 per week). The new upper accrual point (£770 per
week) for Class 1 NICs sets a cap on the level above which there will
be no additional pension benefits (there are none for Class 4 NICs
in any case).
From April 2010, those with adjusted net incomes above £100,000
will have their basic personal allowances scaled back to a minimum
of Nil. New tax rates will apply to incomes over £150,000 –50%
for savings and non-savings income; 42.5% for dividend income. The
small companies’rate of corporation tax will increase to 22%.
From April 2011, there will be a general increase of 0.5% to the
main NIC rates. At the same time, the NIC threshold will be brought
back into line with the basic personal allowance.
