National Insurance Manual - Recent changes to this manual


Below are details of the amendments to the Class 1 NICs section that were published on 1 November 2007 (see the update index for all updates).

SectionDetails of update
NIM02000Earnings of employees and office holders: list of specific types of payment In the entries for:
  • “Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Schemes (FURBS)”; and
  • “Pensions”

“up to 5th April 2006” added at end of each entry. Between the entries for “Restrictive covenants” and “Retirement or dismissal”, insertion of new entry “Retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 NIM02700”

NIM02404Earnings of employees and office holders: trust funds
Reference to FURBS expanded.
Addition of reference to NIM02700 for guidance on retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006
NIM02760Earnings of employees and office holders: retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 – employer–financed retirement benefits schemes: payments out of such schemes: authorised member payments: Contents
In the heading, removal of “employer’s” before “payments” where it first appears
NIM02765Earnings of employees and office holders: retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 – employer–financed retirement benefits schemes: payments out of such schemes: authorised member payments: overview
In the heading, removal of “employer’s” before “payments” where it first appears
NIM02766Earnings of employees and office holders: retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 – employer–financed retirement benefits schemes: payments out of such schemes: authorised member payments: pensions In the heading, removal of “employer’s” before “payments” where it first appears Removal of:
  • reference to paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 29 to Finance Act 2004
  • third bullet (which was about that provision).

Although the changes to this page are being made now, the actual legislative changes (made via the Finance Act 2007) are deemed to have effect from 6th April 2006. In other words, it is as if paragraph 1(1)(e) never existed.

NIM02767Earnings of employees and office holders: retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 – employer–financed retirement benefits schemes: payments out of such schemes: authorised member payments: pensions: pension rules 1 and 3
In the heading, removal of “employer’s” before “payments” where it first appears
NIM02781Earnings of employees and office holders: retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 – employer–financed retirement benefits schemes: payments out of such schemes: authorised member payments flowchart: pensions As a consequence of the above change to NIM02766, removal of:
  • box, from right-hand side of flowchart, containing question “Is the payment made before the individual is aged 75?”; and
  • “No” box to left of above box