Definitions for "National Insurance"
A back door tax by the Treasury. The money collected from income earners is used to pay for most social security benefits.
A scheme which provides pensions and other social security benefits. Some benefits are dependent on contributions you have paid, whilst other benefits are means tested. Employees pay higher contributions and have a greater entitlement to benefits than do the selfemployed. Contributions are also payable by employers.
A form of taxation, payable by employees, employers and the self employed, which is notionally to fund state benefits including pensions, sickness, unemployment and maternity. It is part of the state's social security system and ultimately controlled by the Department of Social Security.