HMRC urges state pensioners to 'do one thing' and boost state pension by £80,000

HMRC has urged state pensioners to "do one thing" to boost their State Pensions by as much as £80,000. HMRC, which is now operating under the Labour Party government, has called on state pensioners to download the HMRC app.

1.7 million customers use the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) app every month, with 29 million sessions launched between July and September 2024 and 711,000 new users in the same period. HMRC has today launched a new advertising campaign promoting the app.

Between July and September 2024, 711,382 new users downloaded the app, and there was a 39% increase in app activity compared to the same period last year – up from 20.93 million sessions to 29.22 million. And nearly £300 million has been paid to HMRC via the app so far this financial year.

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HMRC is encouraging anyone who hasn’t yet downloaded the free and secure HMRC app, one of the UK’s top-rated finance apps, to do one thing and get on it today. The most popular features used on the app between July and September this year were check State Pension contributions– 1.9 million sessions.

You can use the app to check your tax code, National Insurance number, and income and employment history from the past five years. You can also use it to use tools like the tax calculator to estimate take-home pay, and check for National Insurance contribution gaps.

Martin Lewis says people have only got six months left to put in a claim and boost their state pension pot by anything between £5,400 and a bumper £79,300. Martin put out an urgent warning to his followers explaining that the deadline to buy back missing National Insurance years in your record is rapidly approaching. It is these National Insurance records which dictate how much you'll be paid in your weekly pension when you do retire.

To get the full state pension, currently £220.20 per week, you need to have a full National Insurance record of about 35 years.