Self Employed: Class 2 NI contributions -missed payment - maternity allowance

[dabchick88]

Hi, I was hoping someone on here might be able to help clear things up for me. I am self employed and have accidentally missed one of my class 2 NI contributions. I tried to pay it but it apparently it has now been passed to the tax office. I then called them and tried to pay but they said i couldn't and it would get sorted out when i fill in a self assessment at the end of the tax yr.
However I am worried that as NI have this down as a missed payment and even if i can pay it a 'late payment' that it will affect me claiming maternity allowance. I am not pregnant yet but would like to be within the next yr. If i keep paying my contributions from now on will I be ok? How far back do they check? Obviously if i didn't have a baby until this time next yr I would have a full year of 'on time' payments so I wondered if this might be enough.
Having been so good at paying normally I am loathed to believe that my silly mistake of missing 1 payment might prevent me claiming such an important benefit.
Any help or reassurance much appreciated.

As far as I remember you have to have paid for 26 of the 66 weeks leading up to the due date, they don't have to be consecutive so a missed payment shouldn't make any difference.

Maybe use their calculator and see if it makes a difference.

Class 2 does not go on your tax return. They are talking bilge.
Just pay it online

How do i pay it online TalkinPeace? when i called the NI line they said the payment was not available to pay as it was too late and the debt had been passed on to tax office debt management. Is this nonsense?

Yup, its utter hogwash.
www.gov.uk/pay-class-2-national-insurance/bank-details

Great so as long as I use the ref code on my original letter it should work, even though it's past the payment deadline?

they won't like it but there is nothing they can do
get it paid and be done with the little dears