I am 16 and wanted to know should i be paying National Insurance Contributions ?

i have been at my job for three months now earning over 拢100 pounds a week and they are not even paying me the minimum wage which i am not happy about also i have not paid any NIC are they up to something ???

NIC is calculated on a different basis to tax. Tax is done on a yearly amount, but NIC on a week/monthly basis depending on how you are paid, irrespective of your annual earnings. When I stated work in 1964, under 18s didn't pay contributions, but things changed several years ago.
Does your employer give you payslips? If so, contact your nearest tax office and they will sort your employer out. If not, still contact them, and ask them to investigate your employer's payroll. When you say you aren't getting the minimum wage, is that the general one, because 16 & 17 year olds get a lower rate? The Revenue may take an interest in that, too.

once you become employed you become liable to this tax, but it depends on your income, when you started work, on a number of factors, I would leave this to your employers to deal with.

Probably. Those thieving bas*ards would take NICs from babies if they could!
I think it depends on how much you earn in the tax year. It should be automatically deducted from your pay unless you are self employed?

if you work yes

no u shouldnt do that till ur 18

You pay NI contributions if you are an employee or self-employed, are aged at least 16 but below state pension age (currently 65 for men and 60 for women, but these ages are changing) and earn above a certain level. For employees, the earnings level for the tax year 2007/08 is 拢100 or more a week (full details of rates can be found at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/nic.htm).

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