Thanks ohrose. Yes I have seen that thread and in fact that's where I learned that you could retire early and that PRSI paid on income from an ARF would count towards the contributory state pension here in Ireland.
My question is really whether the UK authorities would accept ARF income as a basis for paying voluntary NI contributions at class 2 rather than class 3?
Agreed. The question is what checks are made when applying for the UK a state pension?I assume so.
HMRC does not seem to carry out any checks on your activity once it’s granted your request to pay Class 2.
Checks on what?The question is what checks are made when applying for the UK a state pension?
Checks that you remained eligible to pay the lower cost class 2 contributions for the entirety of your voluntary NICs and not just those up to the point when you are initially deemed a class 2 contributor ie submission of CF83 and employment record up to that point in time.Checks on what?
If your contribution record is there and you still have a pulse you get the pension!
From all the evidence HMRC can barely process the volume of claims they have, and do minimal checks on eligibility at time of application.Checks that you remained eligible to pay the lower cost class 2 contributions for the entirety of your voluntary NICs and not just those up to the point when you are initially deemed a class 2 contributor ie submission of CF83 and employment record up to that point in time.
Yes fair comment but maybe when the current pressure on processing of claims eases (when the 2025 deadline is past) there may be capacity to make additional checks.From all the evidence HMRC can barely process the volume of claims they have, and do minimal checks on eligibility at time of application.
I have never heard of them checking again when it comes to pay the pension. If they do, the worst that will happen is that you will be forced to pay the difference.
Everyone’s risk tolerance is different though!
Dont be so sure.minimal checks on eligibility at time of application.
Does HMRC have routine access to the employment status of people outside the UK?A lot of information can be validated by numerous datasets available to HMRC
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