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22 March 2006 Budget Report

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National Insurance Contributions

2006/07 National Insurance Contributions (NICs)
  Employer Employee
Class 1 - not contracted out
Lower earnings limit £84
Weekly earnings bands payable on earnings
Up to £97 Nil Nil
£97.01 - £645 12.8% 11%
Over £645 12.8% 1%
Men 65 and over and women 60 and over as above Nil
Class 1A On relevant benefits 12.8% Nil
Class 2 Self employed £2.10 per week
Limit of net earnings for exception £4,465 p.a.
Class 3 Voluntary £7.55 per week
Class 4* Self employed on profits  
£5,035 - £33,540 8%
Excess over £33,540 1%

*Exemption applies if state retirement age was reached by 6 April 2006

Morris Owen Chartered Accountants (Swindon & Cirencester) registered to carry on audit work by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Registered with the Chartered Institute of Taxation as a firm of chartered tax advisers.

Morris Owen Chartered Accountants - 43-45 Devizes Rd, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4BG
and Dyer House, Dyer Street Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2PP
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