National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 Explanatory Notes

Liability for National Insurance contributionsRecovery of primary National Insurance contributions from employees following payments of security-based earnings.

Effect of the measure

13.Section 1 (Great Britain) and section 2 (Northern Ireland) and supporting secondary legislation, will extend the ability of the employer to recover contributions in two ways:

  • the employer, with the written consent of the employee, will be able to retain, or require the employee to sell, an amount of securities equal to their contribution liability; and

  • the employer, with the written consent of the employee, will be able to retain, or require the employee to sell, an amount of securities equal to their National Insurance contribution liability in the year that the employee ceased working for the employer and the following year.

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