Working for UK LTD Company from EU member state

[barabas]

Hello Everyone!

Newbie here, I'm trying my best!

Background:
I'm working remotely for the past 5+ years for a UK company. On my payslips I see that I have NI contributions deducted from my salary since I started. I'm with TaxCode NT (no tax), so I'm not paying income tax in the UK.

In the recent months I've been trying to apply for Health Insurance via the Bulgarian authorities, which are telling me that I can have, since I'm paying National Insurance in the UK. As a result I've got official reply from HMRC saying that I'm not liable to pay UK Class 1 NICs since 2015 and I should have these refunded.

I'm trying to understand if I can benefit from those NI contributions when I'm old enough to get a pension? Why my company has been deducting NI if I'm not liable to do that? Is it worth trying to save those years of experience by keeping those NI contributions.

Any advise or help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

[BlasterBates]

Hello Everyone!

Newbie here, I'm trying my best!

Background:
I'm working remotely for the past 5+ years for a UK company. On my payslips I see that I have NI contributions deducted from my salary since I started. I'm with TaxCode NT (no tax), so I'm not paying income tax in the UK.

In the recent months I've been trying to apply for Health Insurance via the Bulgarian authorities, which are telling me that I can have, since I'm paying National Insurance in the UK. As a result I've got official reply from HMRC saying that I'm not liable to pay UK Class 1 NICs since 2015 and I should have these refunded.

I'm trying to understand if I can benefit from those NI contributions when I'm old enough to get a pension? Why my company has been deducting NI if I'm not liable to do that? Is it worth trying to save those years of experience by keeping those NI contributions.

Any advise or help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

It is often possible to pay National Insurance if you are working for a UK company in another European country. Since this is not compulsory you can decide to have it refunded as HMRC have indicated. Normally paying UK National Insurance contributions means you're exempt from paying similar contributions in the country you are working in.

You will be eligible for a UK pension when you retire. You need to figure out whether the pension entitlement is worth the National Insurance you've been paying.

[barabas]

It is often possible to pay National Insurance if you are working for a UK company in another European country. Since this is not compulsory you can decide to have it refunded as HMRC have indicated. Normally paying UK National Insurance contributions means you're exempt from paying similar contributions in the country you are working in.

You will be eligible for a UK pension when you retire. You need to figure out whether the pension entitlement is worth the National Insurance you've been paying.

Thank you! Indeed I need to figure out if it's worth paying NI in the UK!