We are accountants and tax advisers, and we do not get involved in pension matters. However, this is what we know about the interaction between National Insurance Contributions and the UK State Pension.

If you are following our recommended director shareholder payments pattern, then your salary should be high enough to give you a National Insurance credit, even though you don’t pay Class 1 National Insurance.
A full year at this level is a “qualifying year”. This page https://www.gov.uk/state-pension/eligibility used to say:
“You might not pay National Insurance Contributions because you’re earning less …

Hopefully, running your own business has been a good experience. When business comes to an end, we know that the double barrelled question “should I dissolve my company or put it on ice” is often asked.
If you have finished with the company and no longer need it, then dissolve it. Keeping it will only add to your costs. A simple dissolution guide is here.
It is not possible to ever make a traded company become truly dormant again. There will always be things to do. A dormant company is one which …

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Doing things electronically – VAT on line
Log in to the Government Gateway here http://www.gateway.gov.uk/
If you don’t have a Government Gateway account yet, you can create one by following this report. If you do have one, continue working on this page.
 

If you cannot see “Submit VAT Returns” under your list of enrolled services go back to our earlier “set up” report. If your screen looks like the image above then continue following this page.

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