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help from a brit – klumsy

Klumsy

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Posts: 1061
From: Port Angeles, WA, USA
Registered: 10-25-2001
i need help for a brit..

you know that numbery thing that indentifies you individually in your country.. is it called a NIC on a NIN.. (in the us they have have SSN's and canadians all like to SIN ).. anyway i need to know to localise reports for our UK branches.

Karl

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D-SIPL

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Posts: 1345
From: Maesteg, Wales
Registered: 07-21-2001
We have National Insurance Numbers (NIN) which kinda decides how much tax we pay. But it is never used for identification purposes.

But we usually get asked what our NI number is. I would use NI rather then NIN as most of the Payroll software, and instant account software refers to it as your NI.

Hope this helps.

--D-SIPL

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c h i e f y

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From: Surrey, United Kingdom
Registered: 03-07-2002
D-SIPL is correct, everybody in UK gets an NI card by post at 16, then they can work!

if you try and get a job without an NI card, you have a whole host of trouble coming with the card, the employer is happy (enough)

also
for women only ..... if you have been paying NI for a few years THEN have a child - the SS check your NI contributions when it comes around to maternity benefit time, that makes A LOT of difference (there are 3 different pay outs, child benefit, maternity allowance and maternity benefit, the last relies on previous NI conts) now you learnt something!!

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D-SIPL

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Posts: 1345
From: Maesteg, Wales
Registered: 07-21-2001
My wallet got stolen in London a few years ago and my NI card went with it, subsequently i just use a TN number at the moment, but get nice rebates every year

--D-SIPL

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