Your salary sacrifice

From April 2029, only the first £2,000 you sacrifice each year keeps full NI relief. We show what reappears on the rest - for you and your employer.

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Needed because the employee rate is in the main band and above £.

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Protected: · Above the cap:

Extra National Insurance from April 2029

from you + from your employer

You sacrifice
Amount above the £2,000 cap
Extra employee NI
Extra employer NI ()
That's per month, for you
Combined extra NI

Your relief on this sacrifice, before vs after

Tax + NI saved now

Tax + NI saved from 2029

Income Tax relief of is untouched by the change - only the NI saving on the slice above £2,000 goes.

Estimate, 2026/27 rates, rules announced at Autumn Budget 2025 for April 2029. Nothing changes before then.

Extra NI by size of sacrifice

You (employee NI) Employer NI

Flat at zero up to the £2,000 cap, then the two NI charges grow with every extra pound sacrificed.

Compare saved scenarios

Scenario Your extra NI Employer extra NI

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