State pension qualifying years

[Lance]

By the way, I'm not paying myself short. I need to be at the secondary threshold of £732/month to avoid paying any National insurance. That's what's recommended as well by accountants:


The recommendation is to pay between £6241 (Lower Earning Limit of £520/month) to £9500 (£792 Primary Threshold). It indicates it still gets state benefit contribution.

Like I said. It’s not my specialisation but my accountant has me on c. £790 a month to maximise take home pay.

You seem determined to work it out yourself though. So carry on.

[TheDogsNads]

Have you ever watched Erin Brokovitch?

The UK Government has a similar defacto response to PG&E (except PG&E actually wrote to claimants telling them No), ignore the first request, think about it on the second and maybe do something on the third.

Most people give up somewhere between 1st and 2nd request, and as the department doesn't have a large enough head count to resolve all issues, they just handle the ones that look like they will kick up a stink. Of course this isn't official policy and they will deny it if challenged, but I bet anyone who has ever dealt with them has expereinced this sort of journey to resolution

Well if people give up after the 1st or 2nd attempt, no wonder they never get any joy. Not my problem.