The government has further extended the voluntary National Insurance deadline to 5 April 2025 give taxpayers more time to fill gaps in their National Insurance record and help increase the amount they receive in State Pension.-

Anyone with gaps in their National Insurance record from April 2006 onwards now has more time to decide whether to fill the gaps to boost their new State Pension. Any payments made will be at the lower 2022 to 2023 tax year rates. As part of transitional arrangements to the new State Pension, taxpayers have been able to make voluntary contributions to any incomplete years in their National Insurance record between April 2006 and April 2016, to help increase the amount they receive when they retire. And after an increase in customer contact, the government has extended the deadline to ensure people have time to make their contributions. You can usually only pay voluntary contributions for the past 6 years.

The deadline is 5 April each year.