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NICs (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2025 receives royal assent

The National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2025 received royal assent on 3 April 2025.

The Act:

  • increases the secondary Class 1 NICs rate from 13.8% to 15%;
  • reduces the Class 1 NICs secondary threshold from £175 to £96 a week (and monthly and yearly prescribed equivalent thresholds);
  • increases the maximum amount of the employment allowance from £5 000 to £10 500; and
  • removes the employment allowance restriction where employers who had incurred a secondary Class 1 NICs liability of more than £100 000 in the preceding tax year were unable to claim.

The changes have effect from 6 April 2025.

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