hi ladies,
I am 31+4 and applied for mat allowance a few weeks ago, apparently i only worked 23 weeks out of my test period, so it got declined, so i decided to register as self employed, on 25th april 2012, (my test period runs til 20th june) doing some cleaning etc, and i have filled in the form to pay national insurance class 2 contributions and have sent it off.
i am going to work like this until 2nd of june and have put on my form that i want my mat allowance (if entitled) to start from the 3rd. (or maybe 28th may if i have recieved anything from hmrc by then confirming the direct debits for nat insurance) which would mean id been self employed for 4 1/2 weeks.
has anyone else done this (become self employed and paid nat insurance conts) to top up the test period? any experiences with it would be greatly recieved, i am at such a loss with it all!!
will this make a valid claim and will i then be entitled?
I am 31+4 and applied for mat allowance a few weeks ago, apparently i only worked 23 weeks out of my test period, so it got declined, so i decided to register as self employed, on 25th april 2012, (my test period runs til 20th june) doing some cleaning etc, and i have filled in the form to pay national insurance class 2 contributions and have sent it off.
i am going to work like this until 2nd of june and have put on my form that i want my mat allowance (if entitled) to start from the 3rd. (or maybe 28th may if i have recieved anything from hmrc by then confirming the direct debits for nat insurance) which would mean id been self employed for 4 1/2 weeks.
has anyone else done this (become self employed and paid nat insurance conts) to top up the test period? any experiences with it would be greatly recieved, i am at such a loss with it all!!
will this make a valid claim and will i then be entitled?
