Question follow-through · 116056
Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning National Insurance Contributions (NICs) earnings periods with those of income tax.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 6 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning National Insurance Contributions (NICs) earnings periods with those of income tax.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2026
Answer published
This would be a significant change, as National Insurance contributions (NICs) and Income Tax work quite differently at present.NICs are charged on earnings on a per-employment, per-pay period basis, whereas Income Tax is an annual tax, and takes into acc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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