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RE: Refund of Voluntary NI contribution after mistakenly paying Class 3 instead of 2
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RE: Refund of Voluntary NI contribution after mistakenly paying Class 3 instead of 2
Thanks for the explanation of why the non-EU cases have less delay than the EU-related cases, I don't understand the last clause of the reply though - "we can assure you that you will not be penalised because of our delays". Could there have been any scenario related to this, where a penalty was possible? Thanks again. -
RE: Refund of Voluntary NI contribution after mistakenly paying Class 3 instead of 2
Hi HMRC Admin 20, Thanks very much for your reply - it is good to have an approximate time for the refund. Since I was living in the EU, I'll plan based on receiving this around mid February 2025 then. Incidentally, Am I right in assuming that the processing of the department for EU stuff simply has more cases to work on, or are they typically more complicated to deal with? Thanks v. much. -
Refund of Voluntary NI contribution after mistakenly paying Class 3 instead of 2
In July 2023, I paid voluntary NI contributions to plug holes in my NI record. Around September/October 2023 I received a letter from PT Operations saying it has been decided that I should have paid for Class 2 instead of Class 3 contributions - I had been abroad. I needed to answer some further questions which I did in November 2023. In January 2024 I was sent a letter requesting my bank details for a refund. I replied in Jan 2024 with the bank information. I have heard nothing more since then. Has anyone got experience of requesting/getting such a refund and if so how did this unfold for you? Anybody got an idea how long it takes for the refund to be made? I have just started pension and I need to make some important financial decisions where knowledge of approximately when the refund will take place would be really useful.