National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - Report (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 8:46 pm on 25 February 2025.
Lord Londesborough:
Moved by Lord Londesborough
31A: Clause 2, page 1, line 15, at end insert—“(c) in sub-paragraph (d), leave out “the figure in sub-paragraph (b)” and insert—“(i) for businesses or organisations with 25 or more full-time employees, £5,000, or(ii) for businesses or organisations with fewer than 25 full-time employees, £9,100,”.”Member's explanatory statementThis Amendment is linked to others in the name of Lord Londesborough. It seeks to maintain the existing £9,1000 annual per-employee threshold at which employers become liable to pay national insurance contributions on employees’ earnings for businesses and organisations employing fewer than 25 staff. This amendment applies to earnings periods which are multiples of a month.
Amendment 31A agreed.
Amendment 32 not moved.
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