From: Ronald Raygun 
Subject: Re: National Insurance...
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:42:11 GMT

Marcus Fox wrote:

> Just had a letter from the IR, says I've underpaid NI for the tax year
> 2001-2002. 18 weeks @ £6.75. I was a student up until July 2001 and then I
> was on JSA until Jan 2002. From then on I worked, earning approx. £65 per
> week. Where does the shortfall come from?

They should have said.  At a guess, it could be that if you wish
2001-02 to qualify towards your pension entitlement, it might be
necessary for you to volunteer to make Class 3 contributions for
the tail end of your student time, i.e. from April 2001 until your
JSA started.