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temple

Sep 19th 2018 7:00 am

NIC - switch from class 3 to class 2?

Hi all,

I'm interested if anybody has any thoughts or experience with successfully switching from class 3 payments to class 2?

A friend of mine appears to have been miscategorized when first arriving in the US. He paid class 3 for several years, but has made no contributions for the past few years, and would like to now be able to pay catch up at the class 2 rate.

I assume a simple phone call to HMRC would be a good place to start, but would welcome any advise, gotchas or alternative suggestions.

Thx!

durham_lad

Sep 24th 2018 3:03 am

Re: NIC - switch from class 3 to class 2?

As you suggest you are probably best advised to call or write.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organi...nd-individuals

tbm	Oct 20th 2018 8:05 am

Re: NIC - switch from class 3 to class 2?

Quote:

Originally Posted by temple (Post 12565293)

A friend of mine appears to have been miscategorized when first arriving in the US. He paid class 3 for several years, but has made no contributions for the past few years, and would like to now be able to pay catch up at the class 2 rate.

Was your friend ordinarily employed or self-employed immediately before leaving? Did they start working immediately upon arrival in the US?

And why didn't your friend flag the "misscategorization" when it originally happened?

I suggest reading NI38 as a first step and then to contact the NI hotline and talk to an international case worker.

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