I received an unexpected bill for NI this morning
27.30 - 8/10/06 to 6/1/07
711.90 prior to 8/10/06
I've been with the same (FTSE-100) company for more than nine years and worked in a police force for seven years prior to that. I'd expect that both employers would be paying the correct amount of NI for me. Shouldn't they have ?
The NI office is closed and I can only think of one thing that this could be about.
In the early to mid-90s I also did self employed work (writing software). I completed the income tax returns and paid the tax but also I was advised at one stage by the IR that I needed to buy NI stamps as well. I bought about
100 worth. Then someone else from there told me that I didn't need to buy them so I stopped buying them.
Could they think that I owe them for this ?
If I was paying my employees NI through my full time employment, were they wrong to say that I had to buy the stamps anyway ?
Are they likely to be wrong to ask for this money ?
I've just returned to work after five months sick leave (on full pay). Could it have anything to do with this ?
Thanks