Pay voluntary Class 3 National Insurance

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Make an online or telephone bank transfer

You can make a bank transfer using Faster Payments, CHAPS or Bacs:

  • from your online bank account
  • by phoning your bank

Make your payment to the following HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) bank account, unless you바카라 사이트™re paying from an overseas account:

  • sort code - 08 32 20
  • account number - 12001004
  • account name - HMRC NIC Receipts

Payment reference

Use your 18-digit reference number when making your payment. You바카라 사이트™ll find it on the payment request sent to you by HMRC.

For quarterly payments, your number will begin with 11.

For one-off payments, your number will begin with 60.

If you do not have an 18-digit reference number, you can:

How long it takes

Payments by Faster Payments (online or telephone banking) usually reach HMRC on the same or next day, including weekends and bank holidays.

CHAPS payments usually reach HMRC the same working day if you pay within your bank바카라 사이트™s processing times.

Bacs payments usually take 3 working days.

Overseas payments

Use the following details to make a payment if your account is overseas:

  • Business Identifier Code (BIC) - BARCGB22
  • account number (IBAN) - GB49 BARC 2020 4830 9447 93
  • account name - HMRC NIC Receipts

Overseas payment reference

Use your National Insurance number followed by 바카라 사이트˜IC바카라 사이트™, your surname then your initial. If your bank limits you to a certain amount of characters, you should use your National Insurance number followed by 바카라 사이트˜IC바카라 사이트™ and as much of your surname as possible.

Examples

If your name is Anne Jones, you바카라 사이트™d write the reference as QQ123456AICJONESA

If your name is John Douglas-Hamilton and your National Insurance number is QQ123456A, you바카라 사이트™d write the reference as QQ123456AICDOUGLAS-HAMILTONJ

If you바카라 사이트™re an employer paying for an employee living abroad, you should use your 13-character employer number.

Banking address

HMRC바카라 사이트™s banking address is:

Barclays Bank PLC
1 Churchill Place
London
United Kingdom
E14 5HP

After you바카라 사이트™ve paid

Your National Insurance record and personal tax account will be updated after HMRC gets the payment. This can take up to 8 weeks.

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