Payroll technical specifications: National Insurance
National Insurance guidance for software developers working with payroll software.
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Technical specifications giving National Insurance calculation methods and guidance for payroll software developers.
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National Insurance guidance for software developers effective from 6 April 2023 has been added. Guidance for 2017 to 2018 has been removed.
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National Insurance guidance effective from 6 November 2022 has been added. Guidance for 2014 to 2015, 2015 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017 has been removed.
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National Insurance guidance has been added to be used from 6 July 2022 until the end of the tax year 2022 to 2023.
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The 2022 to 2023 National Insurance guidance for software developers has been added.
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The 2021 to 2022 National Insurance guidance for software developers has been added.
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The 2020 to 2021 National Insurance guidance for software developers has been added.
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The 2019 to 2020 National Insurance guidance for software developers has been added.
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The December 2017 version of the NI Guidance for Software Developers specification has been replaced with the January 2018 version.
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The 2018 to 2019 National Insurance guidance for software developers has been added.
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NI guidance for software developers (2017 to 2018) has been published
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The National Insurance guidance for software developers (2016 to 2017) attachment has been added to the page.
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Example 4 (pages 38 to 41) revised January 2015.
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Update history
2026-06-24 13:23
National Insurance guidance for software developers (2026 to 2027) – effective from 6 April 2026 has been updated.
2026-01-29 11:13
National Insurance guidance for software developers (2026 to 2027) has been added. National Insurance guidance for software developers (2020 to 2021) has been removed.
2025-01-08 14:27
National Insurance guidance for software developers (2025 to 2026) has been added. Guidance for 2019 to 2020 has been removed.
2024-03-11 14:28
National Insurance guidance for software developers (2024 to 2025) has been updated.
2024-01-31 10:54
National Insurance guidance for software developers (2024 to 2025) has been added. Guidance for 2018 to 2019 has been removed.
2023-12-13 11:40
National Insurance guidance for software developers effective from 6 January 2024 has been added.
2023-01-30 09:30
National Insurance guidance for software developers effective from 6 April 2023 has been added. Guidance for 2017 to 2018 has been removed.
2022-09-30 11:51
National Insurance guidance effective from 6 November 2022 has been added. Guidance for 2014 to 2015, 2015 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017 has been removed.
2022-04-28 14:52
National Insurance guidance has been added to be used from 6 July 2022 until the end of the tax year 2022 to 2023.